Pettigrew v. Pettigrew

SCHWARTZ, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal by the mother from an order dismissing a complaint which essentially sought to domesticate an Arizona judgment against the appellee father for child support which was an upward modification of the terms of an original Utah judgment of divorce. We reverse.

This controversy arises from an ostensibly complex set of facts. The bare bones of the matter are that the Pettigrews were divorced in Utah, where they then lived, in 1979. The decree provided for the father to pay $100 per month in child support for each of the their two children. The husband moved to…