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STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE v. SEM

8 Wis.2d 46 (1959)

STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE, Appellant, v. SEM, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

October 6, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there was a brief by Frank P. Fosgate, collection and deportation counsel, and Charles C. Lubcke and Clarence Simon, assistant counsel, and oral argument by Mr. Simon.

For the respondent the cause was submitted on the brief of Donald L. Farr of Eau Claire.

MARTIN, C. J.

In the lower court's opinion the divorce judgment established the extent of the obligation of the father to support the child and his liability is limited to the sum so fixed unless said judgment is modified by the divorce court.

We cannot agree with this view. Sec. 46.10, Stats., so far as material, provides:

"(1) Liability for the maintenance of patients in the institutions specified in this section and the collection and enforcement...

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