Foy v Brooks In affiliation proceedings the mother applied for an order for payment by the putative father of the sum
of £50 expended by the mother on providing blankets, napkins, vests, suits, bottles, feeding equipment
and sheets for the child on its birth on the ground that the sum expended constituted ‘expenses
incidental to the birth of the child’, within s 4(2)(b) of the Affiliation Proceedings Act 1957.