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VICKERY v. GARRETSON

No. 85-1250.

527 A.2d 293 (1987)

Dorothy Borden VICKERY, Appellant, v. Lida Adams Roberts GARRETSON, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided May 29, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard L. Vickery, Washington, D.C., for appellant.

Samuel Shepard Jones, Jr., Washington, D.C., for appellee.

Before FERREN, TERRY, and ROGERS, Associate Judges.

FERREN, Associate Judge:

This case presents two questions: First, must the District of Columbia give full faith and credit to a Maine default judgment that decided an issue and awarded relief substantially different from both the issue originally presented and the relief originally requested, without notice to defaulting parties? We conclude that the foreign judgment is not entitled to full faith and credit. Second, are the...

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