Legal Opinion

Britt v. Britt

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided August 6, 1959No. 2381PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ROVER, Chief Judge.

Appellee wife, a resident of Maryland, filed a petition, under the provisions of the Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act, 1 for an order to require her husband, a resident of the District, to support their two minor children, aged 15 and 13. After a hearing the court ordered the husband to pay $30.00 every two weeks to the Clerk of the Domestic Relations Branch, to be disbursed by the latter to the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Baltimore, for the support of the children and allowed an attorney’s fee to the court appointed attorney for the wife.

In this appeal the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Melvin v. MelvinCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1942
  2. Edmonds v. EdmondsDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1958

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Prager v. Smith Ex Rel. PragerDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1963
  2. Padgett v. PadgettDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1984
  3. Adams v. AdamsDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1964
  4. Jay v. JayDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1965
  5. Norton v. NortonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1972

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