Legal Opinion
DeGroot v. DeGroot
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided January 3, 2008No. 06-FM-311PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FISHER, Associate Judge:
Appellee Ernst DeGroot divorced appellant Mary Connole 1 in August 1999 in the District of Columbia. In December 2005, after the parties and their children moved away from the District, Ms. Connole asked the Superior Court to modify the divorce decree to include an order of child support. The trial court denied the motion, concluding that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction because neither the parents nor their children reside in the District.
We hold that the court had continuing subject matter jurisdiction to enter an order for child support. The doctrine of…
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