Department of Human Services Ex Rel. Pavlovich v. Pavlovich

ALMA WILSON, Chief Justice:

The issue presented to this Court is whether Oklahoma may enter its own support order under the Oklahoma Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act (URE-SA) 1 raising or lowering the amount set by a judgment for child support issued by a court of a sister state. We answer that URESA does permit such an order.

The appellant, Deborah Ann Pavlovich, now Hagar, and the appellee, Joseph William Pavlovich, were divorced in Aabama on November 25, 1987. The decree granted the appellant custody of their seven-year-old daughter, and ordered the appellee to pay child…