Legal Opinion
Kammerman v. Kammerman
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided May 23, 1988No. 86-1178PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FERREN, Associate Judge:
This case presents primarily one question: whether a parent in arrears on a District of Columbia child support order under the Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act (URESA) can successfully defend a motion for civil contempt by showing, not that he has complied with the URESA order as written, but that he has satisfied a Maryland divorce decree, incorporating a separation agreement, which he says as a matter of law limits his support obligation under the URESA order. At no time has he appealed or sought to modify the URESA order to bring it into conformity with…
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