VAN DYKE v. THOMPSON

No. 46714-5.

95 Wn.2d 726 (1981)

630 P.2d 420

SALLIE VAN DYKE, Respondent, v. GERALD THOMPSON, as Secretary of the Department of Social and Health Services, ET AL, Appellants.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

July 2, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth O. Eikenberry, Attorney General, and Michael T. Mitchell, Assistant, for appellants.

Peter Greenfield of Evergreen Legal Services, for respondent.

Andrew M. Walkover and Fredric C. Tausend on behalf of University of Puget Sound School of Law, amici curiae for respondent.


DOLLIVER, J.

Plaintiff Sallie Van Dyke is married to Sidney Van Dyke. Two children resulting from this marriage are living with them. Sidney Van Dyke has a child from a previous marriage who has never lived with plaintiff and her husband. Sidney Van Dyke, who is unemployed and has no assets, is obligated to pay monthly child support for the child of his previous marriage, pursuant to a decree of divorce entered on April 1, 1969. His payment of that obligation is in...

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