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Armstrong v. Armstrong

Neil ARMSTRONG, Appellant, v. Shirley C. ARMSTRONG, Appellee

Armstrong v. Armstrong, 241 A.2d 735 (D.C. 1968)
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Court
District of Columbia Court of Appeals · State Highest Courts
Decided
May 13, 1968
Docket
No. 4170
Judges
Fickling, Myers, Kelly, Fick-Ling
Citations
241 A.2d 7351968 D.C. App. LEXIS 157

Opinion — Fickling

FICKLING, Associate Judge:

This appeal is from a judgment against appellant for arrears in payments owed to his former wife, the appellee, for support of their minor child. Appellant contends that his motion for a reduction in support payments was improperly denied by the trial court.

At trial, evidence was adduced relating to appellant’s arrearage’ in support payments, his remarriage and two children by this second marriage, and his financial circumstances, including indebtedness attributed by appellant to the expenses of his new family.

Having heard all the evidence, the trial court denied appellant’s motion to reduce the amount of support, ruling that, under Kephart v. Kephart, 89 U.S.App.D.C. 373 , 193 F.2d 677 (1951), cert. denied, 342 U.S. 944 , 72 S.Ct. 557 , 96 L.Ed. 702 (1952), the voluntary assumption of new obligations by marrying a second time did not excuse appellant from the prior obligation imposed by the court, and that the evidence established no other change of circumstances.

We find no error in the court’s ruling.

Affirmed.

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1968: 21969: 11971: 11975: 11979: 11991: 119682026peak 1968 · 2

Relies on it most ⓘ

  1. Hamilton ex rel. Hamilton v. Hamilton247 A.2d 421 (D.C. 1968)
  2. Tydings v. Tydings349 A.2d 462 (D.C. 1975)
  3. Freeman v. Freeman397 A.2d 554 (D.C. 1979)
  4. Barnett v. Barnett243 A.2d 51 (D.C. 1968)
  5. Dershowitz v. Doctors585 A.2d 174 (D.C. 1991)
  6. Mitchell v. Mitchell257 A.2d 496 (D.C. 1969)

Most recent

  1. Dershowitz v. Doctors585 A.2d 174 (D.C. 1991)
  2. Freeman v. Freeman397 A.2d 554 (D.C. 1979)
  3. Tydings v. Tydings349 A.2d 462 (D.C. 1975)
  4. James Lee Mitchell v. Betty Mitchell445 F.2d 722 (D.C. Cir. 1971)
  5. Mitchell v. Mitchell257 A.2d 496 (D.C. 1969)
  6. Hamilton ex rel. Hamilton v. Hamilton247 A.2d 421 (D.C. 1968)

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Kephart v. Kephart, 193 F.2d 677 (D.C. Cir. 1952) 49

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