William Howze v. Esther Howze

With the benefit of full briefing and oral argument, we believe that this appeal was improvidently granted.

The District of Columbia Court of Appeals was correct in its conclusion that “the divorce decree was no longer being relied upon to impose a duty of support on appellant” 225 A.2d 477, 479 (D.C.App.1967). The order at issue was granted in response to appellee’s petition to increase the support payments for her child until the child reached age eighteen. That order, though not specific, was intended to continue at least until the child was seventeen years and three months old, and more…