NEW HANOVER COUNTY DEPT. ETC. v. GRAHAM

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288 S.C. 138 (1986)

341 S.E.2d 631

NEW HANOVER COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, ex rel. Judy G. GORE, Mother, and Charlie, Matthew, Christopher and Ruby Graham, Respondent v. Charlie Wayne GRAHAM, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided March 18, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy M. Young and Patrick J. Frawley, of Bouknight, Nicholson, Davis & Young, Lexington, for appellant.

Atty. Gen. T. Travis Medlock, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen. Nan L. Black, and Asst. Atty. Gen. S. Belinda Ellison, Columbia, for respondent.


Submitted Feb. 26, 1986.

Decided March 18, 1986.

CHANDLER, Justice:

This case involves the authority of the Family Court to order reimbursement of past public expenditures under the Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act (URESA). The Family Court held it has jurisdiction.

We affirm.

FACTS

In November, 1979, Charlie Wayne Graham (Graham) left his wife and four minor children...

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