Rivera v. Cardona
Rivera v. Cardona
Dissenting Opinion
dissenting.
Section 129 of the Civil Code provides:
“The right to the support mentioned in the preceding section can •only be exercised:
“1. — Where the paternity or maternity is inferred from a final judgment rendered in a criminal or civil action.
‘‘ 2. — Where the paternity or maternity is shown by an indubitable ■document from the father or mother wherein the filiation is expressly recognized.”
It seems to me obvious that the judgment or unquestioned •document must exist at the moment of filing the suit; that ■there can be no right otherwise; that the judgment now •obtained can have no retroactive force.
Similar reasoning applied to my dissent in the criminal cases cited in page 820 of the majority opinion.
Opinion of the Court
Majority opinion reported on p. 786.
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