ROUSEY v. ROUSEY

No. 84-669.

499 A.2d 1199 (1985)

Smith W. ROUSEY, Next Friend of Cheryl T. Rousey, a Minor, Appellant, v. Doris S. ROUSEY, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided October 31, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aaron M. Levine, Washington, D.C., with whom Richard S. Schrager, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Frank J. Martell, Washington, D.C., for appellee.

Before NEWMAN, FERREN, and TERRY, Associate Judges.


TERRY, Associate Judge:

The only issue presented in this case is whether this court should adopt the parental immunity doctrine as the law of the District of Columbia and hold that appellant is barred from maintaining this suit against appellee, his wife, on behalf of their unemancipated minor child. We conclude that the doctrine is out of date and decline to adopt it, and therefore we reverse the trial court's order granting summary judgment to appellee.

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