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CYRUS v. MONDESIR

No. 85-547.

515 A.2d 736 (1986)

Stanley CYRUS, Appellant, v. Doreen MONDESIR, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided October 7, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Florence R. King, Washington, D.C., was on the brief for appellant.

John H. Suda, Acting Corp. Counsel at the time the briefs were filed, with whom Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, and Michele Giuliani, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before BELSON, TERRY and STEADMAN, Associate Judges.

BELSON, Associate Judge:

This case presents the question whether the trial court has the authority to award child support retroactively to the date a support petition was served upon a man ultimately adjudicated the father, where the child was born out of wedlock. We hold that the trial court can order such retroactive child support, and affirm.

Appellee Doreen Mondesir initiated a Uniform Reciprocal Support Action (URESA) in New York state by filing a petition...

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