Weaver v. Chester

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that father’s obligation to support child born out of wedlock arises at birth and thus exists prior to any court order requiring such support
• rejecting argument that amount of back support “is to be measured by the father’s ability to pay during the periods in question”
• rejecting argument that amount of back support “is to be measured by the father’s ability to pay during the periods in question”
• awarding support for time prior to determination of paternity, based on father's pre-existing obligation
• awarding support for time prior to determination of paternity, based on father’s pre-existing obligation
• awarding support for time prior to determination of paternity, based on father’s pre-existing obligation

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).