Legal Opinion
In Re Marriage of O'Connell
California Court of Appeal
Decided May 11, 1978No. Civ. 15946PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
REYNOSO, J.
We are called upon to determine the effect of an order declaring minor children free from custody and control of a parent (Civ. Code, § 232) upon that parent’s obligation to support the children. Appellant Pamela L. O’Connell was the petitioner in a dissolution proceeding against respondent James E. O’Connell. She appeals from an order of the trial court terminating the child support payments awarded in the decree of dissolution.
An order under Civil Code section 232 does not, as a matter of law, automatically terminate the child support obligations. It is a relevant…
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