Legal Opinion
Edmonds v. Edmonds
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided December 12, 1958No. 2190PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROVER, Chief Judge.
This is the first appeal brought under the Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act as adopted in the District of Columbia July 10, 1957. Code 1951, § 11-1601 et seq. (Supp. VI).
Pursuant to the provisions of a similar act in Virginia, 1 plaintiff filed a petition in the Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court in Danville of the initiating state to compel support for her two minor children. 2 The certified petition was then transmitted to the District of Columbia as responding state where her husband now resides. In accordance with Rule 18(b) (1) of the Domestic Relations…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Dunbar v. DunbarSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Emrich v. McNeilCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1942
- Schneider v. SchneiderCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1944
- Bartlett v. BartlettCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1954
- Howard v. HowardCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1940
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Burnette v. VoidDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1986
- Prager v. Smith Ex Rel. PragerDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1963
- Cobbe Ex Rel. Cobbe v. CobbeDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1960
- DeMontmorin v. DuPontDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1984
- Harris v. KinardDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1982
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