New York Court of Appeals July 8, 1959 (Department of Welfare v. Siebel)

lead-opinion

Chief Judge Conway.

This case presents the question whether a stepmother may be compelled to contribute to the expense incurred by the City of New York because of the maintenance of her stepson, who is a public charge having been committed to a school for delinquents, it appearing (a) that the stepmother had knowledge of the child’s existence at the time of her marriage to the