PIERRE v. IOWA DEPT. OF SOCIAL SERVICES

No. 2-68444.

334 N.W.2d 359 (1983)

Joseph M. PIERRE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. IOWA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, Michael V. Reagen, Commissioner, and Robert Huibregtse, Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

April 8, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., and John R. Martin, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendants-appellants.

Thomas M. Kelly, Jr., Davenport, for plaintiff-appellee.

Heard en banc.


DONIELSON, Judge.

Defendants appeal from trial court's order enjoining them from further attempts to collect past due child support from plaintiff. Defendants claim that a Mississippi state court had no authority to give plaintiff a credit on past due amounts and that no such credit should in fact be given. We reverse and remand.

The marriage of Joseph and Martha Pierre was dissolved by decree on July 29, 1977. Martha was given custody of the parties' two...

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