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IN RE MARRIAGE OF ETCHEVERRY

No. 95CA1208.

921 P.2d 82 (1996)

In re the MARRIAGE OF Cindi L. ETCHEVERRY, f/k/a Cindi L. Pratt, Appellant, and Leslie J. Pratt, Respondent, and Concerning Catherine Burkey, Appellee.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. II.

June 27, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Drew Moore, Grand Junction, for Appellant.

Feather Legal Services, P.C., Gerald B. Feather, Grand Junction, for Appellee.

Opinion by Judge CRISWELL.

Cindi L. Etcheverry (wife) appeals from the order foreclosing the attorney lien of her former attorney, Catherine Burkey (attorney), and requiring all child support payments made by Leslie J. Pratt (husband) to be forwarded to the attorney until the lien is satisfied. Because we conclude that public policy prohibits an attorney's charging lien from attaching to child support payments, we reverse.

The attorney represented wife in...

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