COM. EX REL. ALLEN v. HENDERSON


300 Pa.Super. 274 (1982)

446 A.2d 612

COMMONWEALTH ex rel. Patricia Ann ALLEN v. Augustus HENDERSON, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed May 28, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phillip Lord, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Kenneth Gallant, Assistant District Attorney, Philadelphia, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before SPAETH, BECK and LIPEZ, JJ.


BECK, Judge:

This is an appeal from an order of the Court of Common Pleas, Family Division, requiring appellant to pay support to his illegitimate child in the amount of $15.00 per week. The court found at a civil trial that appellant was the father of appellee's child. Appellant questions the civil court's subject matter jurisdiction over the paternity action after he elected to have the matter heard in criminal court.

The instant action arose after appellee...

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