State ex rel. County of Humboldt v. Danielson

Humboldt County, California, and Laura J. Seymour appeal a trial court’s order dismissing with prejudice their complaint to recover past and future child support from defendant father under the Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act (URESA), ORS ch 110. We reverse and remand.

Laura Seymour and defendant were divorced in Lane County in 1973. In 1975, the court awarded custody of the parties’ four minor children to defendant. In 1976, the mother took two of the four children to Humboldt County without defendant’s consent. Since that time defendant has provided no support for those two…