J.A.W. v. D.M.E.

No. 90-152.

591 A.2d 844 (1991)

J.A.W., Appellant, v. D.M.E., Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided May 21, 1991.

As Amended June 17 and July 12, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Marie Wilson-Lindsay, Washington, D.C., for appellant.

Ronald L. Webne, Washington, D.C., for appellee.

Before ROGERS, Chief Judge, and TERRY and STEADMAN, Associate Judges.


TERRY, Associate Judge:

This is a companion case to W.M. v. D.S.C., 591 A.2d 837, decided this day. Although the two cases involve different parties and different facts and were tried before different judges, the principal legal issue is the same in both: whether the trial court, in a paternity action, can or should award child support retroactively to the child's birth upon a finding (or, as in this case, an admission) of...

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