People Ex Rel. Kerl v. Kerl

This appeal is from an order dismissing a petition for child support under the Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act (URESA). Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 40, par. 1201 et seq.

Peggy and Scott Kerl were married on December 23, 1969, and divorced in Du Page County, Illinois, on January 13,1975. Under terms of the divorce decree, Peggy was awarded custody of the parties’ only child and Scott was ordered to pay 30 a week in child support. Peggy subsequently moved to Oregon and on April 13, 1978, filed a petition in the circuit court of Clackamus County, Oregon, seeking enforcement of…