Legal Opinion
Yetter v. Commeau
Washington Supreme Court
Decided September 9, 1974No. 42793PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHamilton, J.
— This is an appeal from the dismissal, on a pretrial motion, of a petition filed under the provisions of the uniform reciprocal enforcement of' support act (URESA), RCW 26.21, seeking support for an allegedly illegitimate child. The primary question presented is: May the factual question of paternity, as a prelude to a duty of child support, be resolved in a URESA proceeding?
The trial judge answered in the negative and dismissed the petition. We disagree, reverse and remand.
The operative circumstances, as gleaned from the brief record, are: On September 18, 1972, Ms. Roberta Yetter filed a…
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