Proceedings to compel support by mother and father · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 562. Proceedings to compel support by mother and father. Proceedings to compel a father who does not deny paternity of a child and the mother of the child to support the child may be instituted in accord with the provisions of article four of this act, unless an agreement or compromise is made in accord with section five hundred seventeen.
When the father does not deny he is the father, there is no paternity fight to have. A support case against both parents goes straight to Article 4, unless the parties settle by an agreement or compromise under § 517. ★
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.