JONES v. ROBINSON

Record Nos. 820855, 821373 and 821808.

329 S.E.2d 794 (1985)

James Edward JONES v. Janice O. ROBINSON. Thomas Cameron WHITEMAN v. Mary Lee KELLEY. Michael L. VIVIER v. Ann PAGE.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 26, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Warthen Downs, Richmond, for appellant in No. 820855.

Donald W. Lemons, Richmond (Minor & Lemons, P.C., Richmond, on brief), for appellee in No. 820855.

Kenneth R. Weiner, Fairfax, (Richard N. Rosen, Weiner, Weiner & Weiner, P.C., Fairfax, on briefs), for appellant in No. 821373.

Douglas Fredericks, Norfolk (Abrons, Fredericks, McCormack & Fasanaro, Norfolk, on brief), for appellee in No. 821373.

Jay H. Zimmerman for appellant in No. 821808.

Alfred W. Bates, III, Norfolk (Robert W. Lawrence, Tidewater Legal Aid Soc., Norfolk, on brief), for appellee in No. 821808.

Present: All the Justices.


COCHRAN, Justice.

These three appeals present the same question for our determination, whether § 20-61.1 of the Code of Virginia, as it read at the times of trial, provided the sole means to prove the paternity of a child of unwed parents. In each case, the unmarried mother of a child filed in the juvenile and domestic relations district court a petition for support against the putative father. In each case, upon appeal...

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