GA 19-11-14 - GA 19-11-14

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Effect of conviction of abandonment on subsequent paternity suit. - Adjudication of paternity by conviction of abandonment is conclusive in subsequent civil proceeding for child support. Cummings v. Carter, 155 Ga. App. 688 , 272 S.E.2d 552 (1980). Liability for period prior to paternity adjudication. - Trial court erred in refusing to award back support to the mother of a child for those periods prior to an adjudication of paternity when she had been supporting the child without the benefit of public assistance payments. Weaver v. Chester, 195 Ga. App. 471 , 393 S.E.2d 715 (1990). Support unavailable for non-acknowledged paternity. - Temporary child support was improperly ordered absent a finding of paternity as revealed by a document, which though containing the defend...