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CRUZ v. CUMBA-ORTIZ

No. 2006-0973.

116 Ohio St.3d 279 (2007)

2007-Ohio-6440

CRUZ, APPELLANT, v. CUMBA-ORTIZ, APPELLEE.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided December 11, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William D. Mason, Cuyahoga County Prosecuting Attorney, and Robert H. Grano Jr. and Jon W. Oebker, Assistant Prosecuting Attorneys, for appellant.

Gonda & Associates Co., L.P.A., and Diane M. Gonda; and Jose Torres-Ramirez, for appellee.

CUPP, J.

{¶ 1} This case arises out of a dispute regarding the amount of child-support arrearage that appellee, Luis Cumba-Ortiz, owes appellant, Lillian Rivera Cruz, under a 1971 Puerto Rico divorce decree. Ms. Cruz contends that a 1994 federal support statute and a 1998 Ohio law, which address enforcement of multiple child-support orders, cannot be retroactively applied to nullify the arrearage due under the child-support order issued...

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