Court Opinion

ID: 9734814
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 17:46:59.419891+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:26:51.460814
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HOOD, Chief Judge
(dissenting).
In Johnson v. Johnson, D.C.Mun.App., 183 A.2d 916, I dissented because, for reasons there stated, I was of the opinion that the Domestic Relations Branch of the Municipal Court has no jurisdiction to compel a father to support his illegitimate children even though in open court he acknowledges their paternity. In the present case, the court flatly rules, without any qualification, that the Domestic Relations Branch has jurisdiction to compel a father to support an illegitimate child. I think the decision is plainly wrong.