Kampschaefer v. Commonwealth ex rel. Kampschaefer

WILHOIT, Judge.

We granted discretionary review in this case to consider whether a district court has the authority to award child support arrearages in excess of its jurisdictional limit in an action filed under the Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act (URESA).

The parties were divorced in 1970 and the appellant Richard Kampschaefer was ordered to pay $25.00 a week in child support. Sandra Kampschaefer initiated URE-SA proceedings in South Carolina in late 1984, and the action was filed in Jefferson District Court pursuant to KRS 407.250(1). The appellant asserted defenses to the…