Legal Opinion
Edwards v. Lateef
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided May 9, 1989No. 88-50PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEWMAN, Associate Judge:
The issue presented by this case is whether the District of Columbia’s Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act (URESA) may be used as a mechanism to recover arrearages in child support that accrued prior to February 24, 1987, the date when URESA was amended to specifically include arrearages within the definition of a duty to support. Because this amendment provides nothing more than an additional remedy to collect child support under URESA, we disagree with the trial court’s holding that application of the amendment to the claim in this case would constitute an…
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