CHAPTER 872

An Act to amend and reenact § 20-61.1, as amended, of the Code of Vir-
ginia, relating to the support of children of unwed parents by the
father of such children.

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Approved March 29, 1958

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 20-61.1, as amended, of the e of Virginia, be amended and
reenacted as follows:

§ 20-61.1. Whenever in proceedings hereafter under this chapter
concerning a child whose parents are not married, a man admits before *
any court having jurisdiction to try and dispose of the same, that he is the
father of the child or the court finds that the man has voluntarily admitted
paternity in writing, under oath, the court may then enter and enforce
judgment for the support, maintenance and education of such child as if
the child were born in lawful wedlock.

_ . Notwithstanding the provisions of § 19-241.1 or any other law, the
judge or other court officer before whom a man has admitted paternity of
any child, whose support is the subject of any proceeding brought under
the provisions of this chapter, may testify, in any court having jurisdic-
tion to conduct proceedings under this chapter, as to any admission of
paternity made by such man in his court and as to any other facts directly
affecting the relevancy or probative value of such admission.