State v. Seghers

Citations

• 124 La. 115
• 49 So. 998
• 1909 La. LEXIS 437

Syllabus

<p>1. Divorce (§ 324*) — Effect — Support of Child.</p> <p>A parent’s obligation to support his child arises from the fact of paternity, as provided by Rev. Civ. Code, art. 227, and is not therefore dissolved by a divorce, and the assignment of the custody of the child to the wife.</p> <p>2. Divorce (§ 324*) — Effect — Support of Child.</p> <p>Under Rev. Civ. Code, art. 158, divorce of parents does not deprive children of rights secured to them by law or by the marriage, and under Act 1902, p. 42, No. 34, it is a misdemeanor for a father to neglect willfully to support his child in necessitous circumstances, though he may by divorce or otherwise have lost the custody of the child.</p>