Legal Opinion
Carr v. Carr
West Virginia Supreme Court
Decided November 17, 1988No. 17934PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BROTHERTON, Justice:
This proceeding relates to a petition for modification of a California support decree filed in West Virginia by the petitioner-mother. The respondent-father, a resident of California, answered and raised the issue of West Virginia’s subject matter jurisdiction over the petition. On October 31, 1986, the Cabell County Circuit Court dismissed the petitioner’s application for lack of jurisdiction to modify a foreign support order.
The parties to this action, Sue and Donald Carr, were divorced in California by order dated January 21,1976. Donald Carr was ordered to pay child…
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