Willers Ex Rel. Powell v. Willers

QUESTION PRESENTED

The question presented is whether the parental duty to support minor children can be enforced retroactively to the date of the divorce decree where a child is bom in wedlock and the parents are subsequently divorced, but the divorce decree is silent on the issue of child support.

BACKGROUND

Gary Lee Willers and Carole L. Powell, formerly known as Carole L. Willers, were married on August 11, 1978, in Plainview, Nebraska. One child, Brad Lee Willers, was bom to the marriage on December 13, 1979. From Brad’s birth until approximately July 14, 1982, the parties lived together as…