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WILLERS EX REL. POWELL v. WILLERS

No. S-97-788.

587 N.W.2d 390 (1998)

255 Neb. 769

Brad Lee WILLERS, a minor child, By and Through his mother and next friend, Carole L. POWELL, appellee, v. Gary Lee WILLERS, appellant.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

December 18, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Forrest F. Peetz, of Peetz & Peetz, Oneill, for appellant.

Gina L. Schaecher, of Domina Law, P.C., Omaha, for appellee.

HENDRY, C.J., and WRIGHT, CONNOLLY, GERRARD, STEPHAN, and McCORMACK, JJ.

HENDRY, C.J.

QUESTION PRESENTED

The question presented is whether the parental duty to support minor children can be enforced retroactively to the date of the divorce decree where a child is born in wedlock and the parents are subsequently divorced, but the divorce decree is silent on the issue of child support.

BACKGROUND

Gary Lee Willers and Carole L. Powell, formerly known as Carole L. Willers, were married on August 11, 1978, in Plainview...

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