Robles v. Robles

OPINION

FROEB, Judge.

Beatrice and Robert Robles were divorced in 1957. The court awarded custody of the minor children to Beatrice and provided that Robert pay monthly support to her on their behalf. In 1973, Beatrice filed a petition for order to show cause in Superior Court to obtain judgment for all amounts of unpaid child support going back to 1957 and to have Robert found in contempt of court for nonpayment.

In response to the petition, Robert filed a motion to quash the petition and order to show cause on the ground that the arrear-ages sought by Beatrice were barred from enforcement by…