Legal Opinion

Galloway v. Galloway

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided September 11, 1979No. 49722PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

IRWIN, Vice Chief Justice.

On November 28, 1975, appellant-father, David Oliver Galloway, stopped paying support for his daughter (Shauna Kay) who became eighteen that day. At that time he was under a 1971 court order to pay for her support “until further order of the court.”

In February, 1976, appellee-mother filed an Application for Contempt Citation against her former husband for failure to pay the support payments as ordered and also sought a money judgment for the payments due. Mother proceeded on the theory that under 12 O.S.Supp.1974, § 1277,1 she was entitled to child support “for the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Irby v. MartinSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1972
  2. Lookout v. LookoutCourt of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma · 1974

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Warren v. HunterSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1981
  2. Church v. ChurchSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1982

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