Between Drinks

NZ Truth, Issue 1187, 30 August 1928, Page 18

Between Drinks

il . 11 ll Q.: I have an illegitimate child || II which is now three years of age. || |1 The father was paying 10/- until || || the baby became two years old. fl |1 Then he paid £50 down. It was || ||. only signed by his father and H ll mine m an hotel bar. Is it legal, || || not being signed by a solicitor? || fl —"Anxious" (Dunedin South). 1§ Is A.: Even if m legal shape and l\ |l signed by you and by the father, || i| such an agreement would not be || 1| binding on you. Prior to 1910 || fl fathers of illegitimate children If l| were permitted to compound for || |l their liability by payment of a || 1| lump sum if approved by a H || magistrate, but the Destitute 1| || Persons Act of 1910' contains no || || such provision. Illegitimate || 1| children are now on the same H || basis as legitimate, m that their \\ 11 parents cannot "contract out" of 11 || their liability. i|