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EDWARDS v. LATEEF

No. 88-50.

558 A.2d 1144 (1989)

Frances A. EDWARDS, Appellant, v. Kamau A. LATEEF, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided May 9, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan S. McDonald, Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom Frederick D. Cooke, Jr., Corp. Counsel, and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellant.

Natalie O. Ludaway, with whom Frederick A. Douglas, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellee.

Before NEWMAN, TERRY and STEADMAN, Associate Judges.

NEWMAN, Associate Judge:

The issue presented by this case is whether the District of Columbia's Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act (URESA) may be used as a mechanism to recover arrearages in child support that accrued prior to February 24, 1987, the date when URESA was amended to specifically include arrearages within the definition of a duty to support. Because this amendment provides nothing more than an additional remedy to collect child support under...

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