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BROWN v. COM. EX REL. CUSTIS

Record No. 760430.

235 S.E.2d 325 (1977)

Randolph Taylor BROWN v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia ex rel. Kathy Joan CUSTIS.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

June 10, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Bruce Long, Gloucester (J. Edgar Pointer, Jr., Gloucester, on briefs), for appellant.

C. Flippo Hicks, Gloucester (Andrew P. Miller, Atty. Gen., Harry A. Morris, Gloucester, Commonwealth's Atty., Martin, Hicks & Ingles, Ltd., Gloucester, on brief), for appellee.

Before I'ANSON, C. J., and CARRICO, HARRISON, COCHRAN, HARMAN, POFF and COMPTON, JJ.

HARRISON, Justice.

The dispositive issue in this case is whether in Virginia the paternity of a child not born of a lawful marriage can be determined in any manner other than in accordance with the provisions of Code § 20-61.1, which concerns the support of the children of unwed parents.

Kathy Joan Custis filed a petition in the Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court of Gloucester County seeking support for her infant daughter from Randolph Taylor...

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