THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, September 29, 1996 TAG: 9609270013
SECTION: COMMENTARY PAGE: J4 EDITION: FINAL
TYPE: Letter
LENGTH: 14 lines
I believe that Charles Dickens summed up the law concerning Federico Ampey's situation (in which he is legally required to support a child who could not possibly be his) with the famous observation in The Pickwick Papers: ``If that is what the law says, then the law, sir, is a ass.''
JOHN P. SIMANTON
Chesapeake, Sept. 23, 1996 by CNB