GAMBLE v. GAMBLE

No. 4771.

258 A.2d 261 (1969)

Josephine Addison GAMBLE, Appellant, v. Robert McDuffie GAMBLE, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided November 7, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark P. Friedlander, Washington, D. C., with whom Mark P. Friedlander, Jr., Blaine P. Friedlander, Harry P. Friedlander, and Marshall H. Brooks, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellant.

John Geyer Tausig, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before HOOD, Chief Judge, and FICKLING and NEBEKER, Associate Judges.


NEBEKER, Associate Judge.

This appeal presents the question whether a Maryland alimony and child support decree, which is subject to retroactive modification or cancellation,1 is to be afforded full faith and credit under U.S.Const. art. IV, § 1, as a final judgment. The trial court dismissed the complaint filed on the Maryland decree for the announced reason that its potentially fluid character removed it from the scope of art. IV...

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