LEGAL FILE
Parental Responsibility: A New York state appeals court has ruled that Engelbert Humperdinck can’t be forced to visit the teen-age daughter he’s never met. “While a parent can be compelled to support his or her child, a parent cannot be compelled to care for and love and visit with the child,” the appellate division in Brooklyn said in dismissing the petition of Jennifer Dorsey, 16, of New York. Humperdinck, 56, born Arnold George Dorsey, has supported the girl since 1980 when a court ruled he was her father. Humperdinck, who is married and lives in England, pays $42,000 a year to support Jennifer.
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