Commissioner of Welfare v. De Santos

The defendant is before the court on a petition of the commissioner of welfare to enforce the payment of arrears by summary action, commitment or otherwise, those arrears in the sum of $700 having accrued before the child attained the age of 16 years, which occurred on May 21, 1956. This petition for enforcement of payment of these arrears is made after the child attained the age of 16. Defendant opposes the petition and asserts that since the child reached the age of 16 before instituting these proceedings, that the court is without jurisdiction to entertain them. Defendant argues that all…