Legal Opinion
Garvey v. Garvey
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided May 11, 1982No. 81-673PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Per curiam
Appellant asserts that the trial court’s dismissal of her complaint against appellee to enforce a Canadian support order of the children of their marriage was error. Finding that the court properly ruled that appellant was not entitled to enforcement of the foreign decree, we affirm.
Appellant and appellee were married in Montreal, Canada in 1963 and had two children. In 1971 they separated and appellee *651moved to the Washington, D. C. area. Appellant filed suit for divorce in the Supreme Court of Ontario in 1976. Appellee was served with notice in the District of Columbia, but did not retain an…
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