O F L v. M R R

It is impossible to envisage the legal issues presented by this appeal without first being exposed to a mixture of sad and
offensive facts and the unprecedented nature of the legal action in which they culminated. On March 1, 1965, J R (now J L ), hereinafter referred to as the mother, who is not a party to this action, gave
birth to a male child named T R , hereinafter referred to as the male child, and who, likewise, is not a party to this
action. At the time of the male child's birth, the mother was lawfully wed to M R R , hereinafter referred to as the
first husband, defendant below, and appellant in this court. The mother and the first husband were married on or about August
7, 1959. Approximately four years prior to the birth of the male child, a female child, whose interests are in no way involved
in this litigation, was born of the marriage between the mother and the first husband.