State, Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services v. Bachtal

FRANK, Judge.

The appellant, the Office of Child Support Enforcement of the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, on behalf of Rosemary Bachtal, sued her ex-husband for contempt after the husband had failed to pay child support arrearages in a sum exceeding $22,000. HRS had filed a petition for past due amounts pursuant to the Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act (URESA) at a time when the appellee’s child had reached the age of eighteen years. From the time of the divorce until the child had reached eighteen the State of Michigan, the residence of the ex-wife, had…