State Ex Rel. Cordova v. Cordova

OPINION

KRUCKER, Judge.

This appeal questions the jurisdiction of Superior Court under the Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act to enforce by contempt payment of child support arrearages after the children have been emancipated or have reached majority.

Appellant, Lucille Cordova, and appellee, Meliton Cordova, were married in 1950 at Albuquerque, New Mexico. Of this marriage four children were born. In 1956 ap-pellee left his wife and took up residence in Tucson, Arizona. Shortly thereafter, Mrs. Cordova initiated a complaint for support under the Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of…