Legal Opinion
Snyder v. Laboy
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided May 26, 1972No. 6101PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
YEAGLEY, Associate Judge:
The question raised on this appeal is whether the Court of General Sessions (now the Superior Court) had jurisdiction over the appellant when it entered judgment awarding custody of the minor child of the parties to appellee. The judgment was entered December 21, 1970, and was based upon a hearing held on December 1 in the absence of the appellant. Court-appointed counsel was present, and made no objection to the proceedings, however, it does not appear from the record that counsel ever had any contact with the appellant or that he acted on her authority.
On May 21,…
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