STATE OF MONT. v. LOPEZ

No. 26386.

925 P.2d 880 (1996)

The STATE OF MONTANA, DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND REHABILITATION SERVICES ex rel., Betty RILEY, Appellant, v. Fidel LOPEZ, Jr., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

October 22, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Gammick, District Attorney and Linda Galli, Deputy District Attorney, Washoe County, for Appellant.

Steven M. Hess, Reno, for Respondent.


OPINION

PER CURIAM:

In this appeal, we are asked to decide whether a custodial parent's waiver of child support payments bars a state agency from obtaining reimbursement for public assistance paid as child support.

Respondent and Betty Riley were married on March 24, 1973, in the State of Montana. The couple have two children: Maria, born July 24, 1972, and Francisco, born March 4, 1976. In 1978, the couple moved to Idaho. Soon after the move...

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