Legal Opinion
State of Illinois Ex Rel. Shannon v. Sterling
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided November 30, 1956No. 36,911PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Matson, Judge.
In a two-state proceeding brought under the Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act to compel a divorced Minnesota father to pay for the support of his three minor children who were removed by the mother to Illinois without his consent or approval of court, the initiating petitioner of Illinois, for and in behalf of the children, appeals from an order dismissing the proceeding.
The Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act, now in force in all 48 states 1 in substantially the same form (or the equivalent thereof), was enacted by Minnesota in 1951 2 and is now codified…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Eberhart v. EberhartSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1922
- Commonwealth v. ShafferSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1954
- Dovi v. DoviWisconsin Supreme Court · 1944
- Mahan v. ReadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1954
- Atwood v. AtwoodSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1949
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3Cited by37 opinions
- Ray v. PentlickiDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1979
- State Ex Rel. Southwell v. ChamberlandSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1985
- Fish v. FishSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1968
- M v. WMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
- Commonwealth of Virginia v. AutryCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1982
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