PUBLIC DEFENDER AGCY. v. SUPERIOR CT., THIRD JUD. DIST.

No. 2071.

534 P.2d 947 (1975)

PUBLIC DEFENDER AGENCY and State of Alaska, Department of Law, Appellants, v. SUPERIOR COURT, THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

April 9, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence J. Kulik, Asst. Public Defender, Herbert D. Soll, Public Defender, Anchorage, for appellant — Public Defender Agency.

Gerald W. Markham, Asst. Atty. Gen., Anchorage, Norman C. Gorsuch, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellant State.

Duncan Campbell Webb, Anchorage, for appellee.

Before RABINOWITZ, C.J., and CONNOR, ERWIN and BOOCHEVER, JJ.


CONNOR, Justice.

This case presents questions about the manner in which civil child support orders should be enforced. In particular, this case involves a determination of who should prosecute and defend in such proceedings.

The facts which give rise to the present controversy are as follows:

Upon divorce in 1968, Agnes Johnson was awarded custody of the six children of her marriage to John Johnson. Mr. Johnson was ordered to pay monthly child support...

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