Legal Opinion
Clark v. Superior Court
California Court of Appeal
Decided March 23, 1998No. G020375PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
SILLS, P. J.
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A strong bipartisan consensus has emerged as to one way to hold down welfare costs: Require absent parents, usually fathers, to keep up their child support obligations. (See Wehunt v. Ledbetter (11th Cir. 1989) 875 F.2d 1558, 1561 [quoting a 1988 Sen. Rep. regarding certain amendments to the Social Security Act: “The bill reported by the Committee on Finance .... builds upon a strong consensus, joined in by liberals and conservatives alike, that the Nation’s welfare system must,” among other things “enforce the principle that child support must in the first instance come…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Lassiter v. Department of Social Servs. of Durham Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Mann v. CracchioloCalifornia Supreme Court · 1985
- United States v. 7108 West Grand Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, Feliberto Flores and Isabellita Flores, Claimants-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
- Salas v. CortezCalifornia Supreme Court · 1979
- Lewis v. LewisCalifornia Supreme Court · 1917
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Hall v. HallCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2000
- County of Lake v. PallaCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2001
- Iraheta v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1999
- People ex rel. Harris v. Shine, California Court of Appeal, 5th District2017
- County of Yuba v. SavedraCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2000
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