Woolsey v. Woolsey

OAKS, Justice:

Plaintiff brought this action to “renew” an earlier Utah court judgment based on an Idaho divorce decree that ordered defendant, her former husband, to pay her child support. The issue is the appropriateness of the district court’s holding that the Utah judgment could not be renewed.

Plaintiff and defendant were divorced in June of 1969 by decree of the district court in Elmore County, Idaho. The court awarded plaintiff the custody of their four minor children, and ordered defendant to pay $50 per month for each child during the period of his or her minority. Shortly thereafter,…