Thomson v. Elliott

The Constitution, article 6, section 18, authorized the Legislature to establish Children’s Courts and to confer upon them such jurisdiction “ as may be necessary for the correction, protection, guardianship and disposition of delinquent, neglected or dependent minors * * * and to compel the support of a wife, child, or poor relative by persons legally chargeable therewith who abandon or neglect to support any of them.” It is contended in this filiation proceeding that said section should be construed to refer only to children in being, and that consequently Children’s Court Act, section 6,…