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PADGETT v. PADGETT

No. 82-1167.

472 A.2d 849 (1984)

Frances PADGETT, Appellant, v. Thomas P. PADGETT, Jr., Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided January 25, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joan Harvill, Fairfax, Va., for appellant.

John C. Lenahan, Washington, D.C., with whom Lawrence P. Lataif, Fairfax, Va., was on the brief, for appellee.

Before NEBEKER, BELSON, and TERRY, Associate Judges.

TERRY, Associate Judge:

Appellant served a writ of attachment on the federal agency responsible for disbursing appellee's retirement pay, seeking enforcement of a consent order directing appellee, her former husband, to pay child support and alimony. The trial court granted appellee's motion to quash the writ on the ground that appellant's claim was barred by laches. We agree with the trial court and appellee that laches is applicable generally to cases involving...

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