State ex rel. Eckley v. Eckley

This appeal and cross-appeal concerns the authority of the trial court to set aside or modify its initial order to pay child support.

On July 15, 1974, a default decree of divorce between the father and mother was entered in Yakima County, Washington. That decree ordered the father, an Oregon resident, to pay $100 per month child support. The parties concede that the Washington support order was invalid because the court did not have personal jurisdiction of the father. Thereafter, the mother filed a complaint in Washington for child support under the Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support…