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ATKINSON v. ATKINSON

No. 97-FM-1191.

730 A.2d 667 (1999)

Theresa C. ATKINSON, Appellant, v. Lewis K. ATKINSON, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided June 10, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marjorie Just, Washington, DC, for appellant.

Barbara E. Nicastro, Arlington, VA, with whom John F. Mercer and Roderic L. Woodson, were on the brief, for appellee.

Meredith Fuchs, with whom Laura A. Foggan, Washington, DC, was on the brief, for amici curiae Ayuda, Inc., and District of Columbia Coalition Against Domestic Violence.

Before TERRY and FARRELL, Associate Judges, and KERN, Senior Judge.

KERN, Senior Judge:

The parties to this appeal were married in September 1971, and appellant wife left the marital abode in October 1997. She filed a complaint for spousal support in December 1997, pursuant to D.C.Code § 16-916(a) (1997), which provides in pertinent part that "[w]henever a husband ... shall fail or refuse to maintain his ... needy spouse, . . . although able to do so, the court, upon proper application...

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