Washington ex rel. Pieratt v. Bloom

Husband’s and wife’s marriage was dissolved by an Oregon judgment in 1977. The judgment ordered husband to pay child support. He became delinquent in making the payments and, in 1983, wife instituted a proceeding under the Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act (URESA), see ORS 110.005 et seq, in Snohomish County, Washington, where husband then resided. In November, 1983, the Wash-' ington court entered a judgment setting the amount of arrearages and a payment schedule. Husband remained delinquent.

Wife did not renew the Oregon judgment, pursuant to ORS 18.360. However, in 1991, wife…