State Ex Rel. Anson/Richmond Child Support Enforcement Agency Ex Rel. Desselberg v. Peele

EAGLES, Chief Judge.

This case presents the question of whether the District Court of Richmond County may enforce a German court’s child support order.

Defendant Danny R. Peele served in the United States Army and was stationed in Germany for fifteen months beginning in September of 1982. Within nine months after defendant left Germany, plaintiff Anita Desselberg gave birth to a son, Danny Frank Desselberg. In 1986, plaintiff filed a complaint with the local court in Habfurt, Germany seeking to establish paternity and child support. The German court then contacted the U.S. Marshal’s office to…