Proceedings to compel support by mother · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 561. Proceedings to compel support by mother. Proceedings may be initiated under article four of this act to compel a mother who fails to support her child to do so in accord with the provisions of article four of this act.
Paternity cases usually chase a father, but a mother who fails to support her child can be made to pay too. That case is brought under Article 4 (support proceedings) and runs by Article 4's rules.
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 5 — The JG-22 Family Court Act and in Volume 1 — The JG-22 in Plain English.