Legal Opinion
Dickens v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Virginia
Decided March 18, 1986No. 0632-85PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BAKER, J.
In March 1973, Deborah Ann Whichard, mother of Quartasha E. Whichard (Quartasha), filed a petition in the General Court of Justice of Pitt County, North Carolina in which she alleged that James Russell Dickens (appellant) was the father of Quartasha. Deborah Ann Whichard (mother) asked that appellant be declared the father of Quartasha and be required to support the child. An order was entered by the North Carolina court granting both requests.
Pursuant to the provisions of the Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act (URESA), adopted by both North Carolina…
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