STATE EX REL. STATE OF CAL., ETC. v. Lagoy

In this proceeding brought under the Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act (URESA), ORS ch 110, father was ordered by the Oregon trial court to reimburse the State of California for past public assistance provided to his two minor children. The award covered the period from August, 1975, through March, 1977. The California court which dissolved the marriage of father and the children’s mother on June 19, 1975, did not order support payments. Father appeals, contending URESA does not apply when there has been no California state court support order or decree. We disagree.

Under ORS…