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NELSON v. NELSON

No. 86-1578.

548 A.2d 109 (1988)

Charles H. NELSON, Appellant, v. Marie P. NELSON, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided October 6, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip L. Kellogg, Washington, D.C., for appellant.

Paul Arkush, for appellee.

Marion E. Baurley, Washington, D.C., for appellee, on behalf of the daughter, Melonie Nelson.

Matthew B. Bogin and Beth Goodman, Washington, D.C., were on the brief for amicus curiae, District of Columbia Ass'n for Retarded Citizens.

Before PRYOR, Chief Judge, and NEWMAN and BELSON, Associate Judges.

BELSON, Associate Judge:

Melonie Nelson is the adult mentally retarded child of Charles and Marie Nelson, her divorced parents. The Superior Court, upon entering an absolute divorce in 1974, ordered Mr. Nelson to pay $100 per month in child support. When Melonie reached the age of twenty-one in 1985, Mr. Nelson announced his intention to cease paying child support, arguing that by statute a parent's legal duty to support his or her child terminates when the child...

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