In Re JACOBE M.J.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• stating that a parent has an obligation to pay support regardless of a court order requiring such payment
• noting that “[f]ather’s visitation after the filing of the petition cannot cure his failure to - 13 - visit in the four month period prior to the filing date.”
• affirming the trial court’s finding of willful failure to support despite the parent’s argument that there was no court order requiring support and no request for child support from the child’s custodian
• “A parent’s obligation to support his or her child exists regardless of a court order requiring the parent to pay support.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).