Brookins v. Brookins

Marshall, Chief Justice.

In the appellant-mother’s present action against the appellee-father under the Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act (URESA), OCGA § 19-11-40 et seq., she alleged that the defendant was under a duty to support the parties’ minor children under the parties’ 1974 Ohio divorce decree, under which the defendant was allegedly in arrears in the amount of $27,534.86 as of May 31,1985. The trial court — finding that the “plaintiff demands $33,102.13 in arrearage accruing under the Ohio decree” — dismissed the petition on the ground of res judicata, based on the…