State v. Overstreet

Sognier, Judge.

The State filed a petition on behalf of Brenda Woodcock for the recovery of child support from Claude Edward Overstreet pursuant to the Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act (URESA, OCGA § 19-11-40 et seq.). Overstreet filed a motion to dismiss the petition on the ground that Woodcock had previously obtained a contempt order which required Overstreet to comply with the original divorce decree establishing his duty of support. The trial court overruled Overstreet’s motion to dismiss, but at the same time it denied the *636State’s petition on the ground that the petition was…