Applicability of sections relating to desertion or non-support

§ 16–2355. Applicability of sections relating to desertion or non-support The provisions of sections 22–903 to 22–905, making it a misdemeanor to abandon or willfully neglect to provide for the support and maintenance of minor children in destitute or necessitous circumstances, and providing the proceedings and punishment therefor, also apply to a person who abandons or fails to support his illegitimate child when paternity has been established judicially or when paternity has been directly acknowledged by the putative father under oath, or indirectly acknowledged by voluntarily making contributions to the support of the child.