Pierce v. Higgins

WAKEFIELD, Judge.

The present action is one to register in Delaware a New Jersey support order against the personal representative of a deceased Delaware support obligor, and, inferentially, to enter judgment against such administratrix.

On December 20, 1976, a New Jersey County Court found decedent, Owen S. Brown, to be the father of Cheri Yvette Pierce, daughter of Petitioner, Lorraine Pierce, and ordered him to pay $14.00 per week support. The Order was made retroactive to July 22, 1974, and all payments were to be made by decedent to the Cumberland County Probation Department. Petitioner…