Legal Opinion
Tennyson v. Tennyson
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided December 28, 1977No. 11816PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEBEKER, Associate Judge:
Leonard Tennyson appeals from two orders 1 of the trial court modifying his duty to make payments in support of his child, Leslie, in the custody of his former wife, Alison Tennyson. He asserts that there was insufficient evidence to support the trial court's conclusions respecting the amount of support payments in either case. We agree.
Leonard Tennyson was ordered in 1967 to pay $400 per month as support for his wife and child. This order, which also denied Alison Tennyson’s complaint for divorce, was affirmed in Tennyson v. Tennyson, D.C.App., 263 A.2d 643 (1970).…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Yates v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Hamilton Ex Rel. Hamilton v. HamiltonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1968
- United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. McCarthyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1929
- Smith v. SmithDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1975
- Sheridan v. SheridanDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1970
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3Cited by16 opinions
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- Freeman v. FreemanDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
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