Estate of Lane v. Lane

OPINION

This case was brought as an action for the enforcement of a California judgment against Henry Lane, now deceased,. According to the amended complaint, the judgment sought to be enforced is a divorcee decree which became final in 1966 and under which Lane was obligated to pay $100 per month as child support for each of his three children by his former wife, Erika Lane, and $100 per month as alimony to her.

Erika Lane first requested that partial summary judgment be entered in her favor as to the amount of arrearages. In support of the motion she referred to a 1976 abstract of judgment…