COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA v. AUTRY

[No. 13, September Term, 1981.]

293 Md. 53 (1982)

441 A.2d 1056

COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, ETC., EX REL. HELEN HALSEY v. KENNETH AUTRY

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided March 8, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph B. Spillman, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Stephen H. Sachs, Attorney General, Warren B. Duckett, Jr., State's Attorney for Anne Arundel County, and Cynthia M. Ferris, Assistant State's Attorney for Anne Arundel County, on the brief, for appellant.

Steven F. Brown, with whom were The Legal Clinics of Cawley & Schmidt, P.A. on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and SMITH, ELDRIDGE, COLE, DAVIDSON and RODOWSKY, JJ.


DAVIDSON, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case presents the question whether a Maryland court, acting pursuant to the Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act (URESA), Maryland Code (1957, 1979 Repl.Vol.), Art. 89C, has the authority to order a parent to support an illegitimate child, notwithstanding the fact that a court in another jurisdiction has vacated its prior order imposing a duty of support.

On 4 January 1972, the Juvenile and Domestic...

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