Durham County v. Riggsbee

VAUGHN, Judge.

On 13 October 1976, defendant was ordered to pay plaintiff Capparella, defendant’s former wife, $40.00 each week for the support of a minor child which the court found to have been born to the marriage. The issue of paternity was raised and fully litigated in that proceeding. Defendant did not appeal and complied with the order through January 1978.

Plaintiff Capparella began receiving public assistance in the form of AFDC through the Durham County Department of Social Services and that resulted in the assignment of her right to obtain child support under the provisions of G.S.…