MABE v. G.C. SERVICES LTD. PARTNERSHIP

Nos. 94-1154 to 94-1157.

32 F.3d 86 (1994)

Windell Darnell MABE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. G.C. SERVICES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, Defendant-Appellee. Jimmy WEDDLE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. G.C. SERVICES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, Defendant-Appellee. Alfred CHRISTIAN, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. G.C. SERVICES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, Defendant-Appellee. Larry BACH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. G.C. SERVICES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided August 5, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Sherry Lee Wilson, Client Centered Legal Services of Southwest Virginia, Inc., Castlewood, VA, for appellants. John Ray Alford, Jr., Caskie & Frost, Lynchburg, VA, for appellee.

Before RUSSELL and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges, and JACKSON, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, sitting by designation.


Affirmed by published opinion. Judge RUSSELL wrote the opinion, in which Judge MICHAEL and Judge JACKSON joined.

OPINION

DONALD RUSSELL, Circuit Judge:

This case requires us to decide whether child support payments are "debts" encompassed within the scope of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act ("FDCPA"), 15 U.S.C. §§ 1692-1692o. The district court held that they are not, and dismissed the case for lack of jurisdiction. For the...

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