DUNN, HINDS COUNTY WELFARE AGENT v. GRISHAM

No. 42812.

250 Miss. 74 (1963)

157 So.2d 766

DUNN, HINDS COUNTY WELFARE AGENT, STATE OF MISSISSIPPI v. GRISHAM

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 25, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Delos H. Burks, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellant.

Harmon W. Broom, Jackson, for appellee.


ETHRIDGE, J.

(Hn 1) This case involves the use of antecedent facts in a petition for filiation and support of an illegitimate child under the Mississippi Uniform Act on Paternity. Miss. Laws 1962, Chap. 312 (effective July 1, 1962); Miss. Code 1942, Rec., §§ 383-01 to 383-27. The trial court held that, since the child was born before the act took effect, the petition was barred by the one-year statute...

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