Legal Opinion
Lomax v. Spriggs
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided July 30, 1979No. 13419PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEBEKER, Associate Judge:
The plaintiff appeals from an order quashing a writ of attachment. We reverse in part and remand.
On January 5, 1965, the District of Columbia Juvenile Court ordered the appellee to pay the appellant $7.00 per week for child support. The appellant received some payment, but was prohibited from garnishing the appellee’s wages for any deficiency because the appellee was an employee of the United States. In 1975, however, Congress allowed the garnishment of the wages of employees of the United States, where the garnishment is to enforce “legal obligations to provide child…
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- Paley v. SolomonDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1945
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- Massey v. MasseyDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2019
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