Woodyard v. Ward

Opinion

DOSSEE, J.

Contra Costa County, intervener in an action for child support brought by Linda L. Woodyard, appeals an order of the superior court reducing child support arrearages set by a previous California support order to reflect an amount allotted by a later Colorado order. We hold that Woodyard did not waive the provisions of the California order and that she is not estopped from collecting under that order.

*1455Factual and Procedural Background

An interlocutory judgment of dissolution of the marriage of Ward and Woodyard was filed on December 27, 1978, in Contra Costa County. That…