Table of National Case Law Regarding UIFSA
By: Gunnar J. Gitlin
The Gitlin Law Firm, P.C., Woodstock, Illinois
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Table 1. Choice of Law
1. Alaska |
State v. Bromley, 987 P.2d 183 (Alaska, 1999) |
Connecticut |
Freeman v. Freeman, FA 0071977S, 200 Conn. Super. LEXIS 2040 (August 4, 2000) Fortney v. Fortney, No. FA 980116310S, 1998 Conn. Super. LEXIS 3786 (Conn. Super. Ct. Dec. 3, 1998) Murphy v. Murphy, No. FA 970156433S, 1998 Conn. Super. LEXIS 1343 (Conn. Super. Ct. May 11, 1998) |
Hawaii |
DeMello v. DeMello, 87 Haw. 209, 953 P.2d 968 (Haw. Ct. App. 1998) |
Indiana |
Brickner v. Brickner, 723 N.E.2d 468 (Ind. Ct. App. 2000) |
Louisiana |
State v. Frisard, 694 So. 2d 1032 (La. Ct. App. 1997) |
Maine |
Department of Human Serv. v. Frye, 2000 Me. 128, 754 A.2d 1000 (Me. 2000) Department of Human Serv. ex rel. Young v. Leifester, 721 A.2d 189 (Me. 1998) Nicholson v. Nicholson, 747 A.2d 588 (Me. 2000) |
Minnesota |
Jones v. Jones, No. C3-98-593, 1998 Minn. App. LEXIS 891 (Minn. Ct. App. Aug. 4, 1998) |
Nebraska |
Willers v. Willers, 587 N.W.2d 390 (Neb. 1998) Groseth v. Groseth, 257 Neb. 525 (Neb. 1999) |
New York |
Saxton v. Saxton, 699 N.Y.S.2d 537 (N.Y. App. Div. 1999) |
North Carolina |
Welsher v. Rager, 491 S.E. 2d 661 (N.C. Ct. App. 1997) Tepper v. Hoch, No. COA99-1209, 2000 N. C. App. LEXIS 1152 (N.C. Ct. App. October 17, 2000) |
Ohio |
Vancott-Young v. Cummings, No. CA98-09-122, 1999 WL 326149, 1999 Ohio App. LEXIS 2342 (Ohio Ct. App. May 24, 1999) |
Oregon |
Cooney v. Cooney, 946 P.2d 305 (Or. Ct. App. 1997) |
Texas |
Attorney General v. Litten, 999 S.W.2d 74 (Tex. Ct. App. 1999) |
Vermont |
Cavallari v. Martin, 732 A.2d 739 (Vt. 1999) |
Virginia |
Burkholder v. Burkholder, No. 2767 -99-2, 200 Va. App. LEXIS 505 (Va. Ct. App. July 11, 2000) Parks v. Parks, No. 1892-97-4, 1998 Va. App. LEXIS 85 (Va. Ct. App. Feb. 10, 1998) Sheppard v. Sheppard, No. 0571-95-2, 1996 Va. App. LEXIS 261 (Va. Ct. App. Apr. 9, 1996) Wine v. Brunty, 38 Va. Cir. 349, No.95-128 1996 Va. Cir. LEXIS 76 (Cir. Ct. Warren County, Feb. 6, 1996) |
Washington |
In re Peck, 82 Wash. App. 809, 920 P.2d 236 (Wash. Ct. App. 1996) |
Table 2. Statute of Limitations
Arkansas |
King v. State, 952 S.W.2d 180 (Ark. Ct. App. 1997) |
Connecticut |
Freeman v. Freeman, FA 0071977S, 200 Conn. Super. LEXIS 2040 (August 4, 2000) |
North Carolina |
State v. Bray, 130 N.C. App. 552, 503 S.E.2d 686 (N.C. Ct. App. 1998). |
Texas |
Attorney General v. Litten, 999 S.W.2d 74 (Tex. Ct. App. 1999) |
Utah |
State ex rel. Kirby v. Jacoby, 975 P.2d 939 (Utah Ct. App. 1999) |
Virginia |
Fitzhugh v. Dupre, No. 1388-97-1, 1997 Va. App. LEXIS 694 (Va. Ct. App. Nov. 10, 1997) |
Table 3. Defenses
Arkansas |
Office of Child Support Enforcement v. Clemmons, 984 S.W.2d 837 (Ark. Ct. App. 1999) |
Connecticut |
Bork v. Bork, No. FA 99175190S, 200 Conn. Super. LEXIS 832, (Conn. Super. Ct. Mar. 27, 2000) Harvey v. Wilcox, No. FA 99011856, 2000 Conn. Super. LEXIS 1121 (Conn. Super. Ct. May 1, 2000), reargument denied, 2000 Conn. Super. LEXIS 1742 (Conn. Super. Ct. July 6, 2000) |
Florida |
Department of Revenue ex rel. Rochel v. Morris, 736 So.2d 41 (Fla. Ct. App. 1999) (failure to allow visitation is not a valid reason to deny enforcement of the child support order.) |
New York |
Barros v. Vila, 705 N.Y.S. 2d (N.Y. App. Div. 2000) |
North Carolina |
State v. Bray, 130 N.C. App. 552, 503 S.E.2d 686 (N.C. Ct. App. 1998) Tepper v. Hoch, No. COA99-1209, 2000 N. C. App. LEXIS 1152 (N.C. Ct. App. October 17, 2000) |
Ohio |
Compton v. Compton, No. 99-CA-17, 1999 Ohio App. LEXIS 2592 (Ohio Ct. App. June 11, 1999) |
Oregon |
State ex rel California v. Ramirez, 167 Ore. App. 199, 2 P.3d 437 (Or. Ct. App. 2000) |
Texas |
Cowan v. Moreno, 903 S.W.2d 119 (Tex. Ct. App. 1995) (defense to registration and enforcement of a foreign support order based on lack of visitation was rejected.)
Villanueva v. Office of the Att'y Gen. of Tex., 935 S.W.2d 953 (Tex. Ct. App. 1996) |
Table 4. Admissibility of Evidence
Colorado |
People ex rel. Orange County Cal. ex rel. T.M.S. v. M.A.S., 962 P.2d 339 (Colo. Ct. App. 1998) |
Florida |
Schwier & State Dep't of Revenue v. Bernstein, 734 So.2d 531 (Fla. Ct. App. 1999) |
Ohio |
State v. Christenson, No. 99CAA12066, 2000 Ohio App. LEXIS 3458 (Ohio Ct. App. 5th Dist., July 28, 2000) |
Texas |
Mathis v. State, 930 S.W.2d 203 (Tex. Ct. App. 1996) |
Table 5. Non-Parentage
Louisiana |
State v. Hanson, 725 So.2d 514 (La. Ct. App. 1998) |
North Carolina |
Reid v. Dixon, 136 N.C. App. 438, 524 S.E.2d 576 (N.C. Ct. 2000) |
South Carolina |
Beyer v. Metze, 482 S.E.2d 789 (S.C. Ct. App. 1997) |
Table 6. Lack of Jurisdiction
Alaska |
Child Support Enforcement Division v. Bromley, 987 P.2d 183 (Alaska, 1999) (the defense that a duty of support is not owed is not cognizable under UIFSA) |
Delaware |
Mason v. Berkheimer, Nos. CN-96-7215, 96-30010, 1997 WL 911242 (De. Fam. Ct. Nov. 4, 1997) |
Colorado |
State ex rel. Wyoming v. Stout, 969 P.2d 819 (Colo. Ct. App. 1998). |
Maine |
Hawley v. Murphy, 736 A.2d 268 (Maine, 1999) |
Minnesota |
Jones v. Jones, No. C3-98-593, 1998 Minn. App. LEXIS 891 (Minn. Ct. App. Aug. 4, 1998) |
Mississippi |
Carr. v. Carr, 724 So.2d 937 (Miss. Ct. App. 1998) |
Missouri |
Phillips v. Fallen, 6 S.W.3d 862 (Mo. 1999) |
Nebraska |
Harvey v. Harvey, 575 N.W.2d 167 (Neb. Ct. App. 1998) |
Pennsylvania |
Barr v. Barr, 2000 Pa. Super. 99, 749 A.2d 992 (Pa. Super. 2000) |
South Carolina |
South Carolina Dep't of Social Serv. v. Bess, 489 S.E.2d 671 (S. C. Ct. App. 1997) |
South Dakota |
State ex rel Freeman v. Sadlier, 586 N.W.2d 171 (S.D. 1998) |
Washington |
State v. Markovich, 100 Wn. App. 1017), 2000 Wash. App. LEXIS 548 (Wash. Ct. App. Apr. 3, 2000) |
Table 7. Res judicata
Arkansas |
California v. West, 964 S.W.2d 221 (Ark. Ct. App. 1998) |
Illinois |
Hartman v. Hartman, 712 N.E.2d 367 (Ill. App. Ct. 1999) |
Louisiana |
State ex rel. Rivera v. Robles, 702 So.2d 1107 (La. Ct. App. 1997) |
Table 8. Constitutional
Arkansas |
Davis v. Child Support Enforcement Unit, 933 S.W.2d 798 (Ark. 1996) (party not denied constitutional right of confrontation relating to allowing a party or witness residing in another state to testify by telephone, audiovisual means where the party made no effort to confront witnesses using this provision. Washington v. Thompson, 6 S.W.3d 82 (Ark. 1999) |
Colorado |
People ex rel Orange County Cal. ex rel. T.M.S. v. M.A.S., 962 P.2d 339 (Colo. Ct. App. 1998) |
Louisiana |
State ex rel T.L.R. v. R.W.T., 737 So.2d 688 (La. 1999) |
New York |
Matter of Judith S., 183 Misc.2d 468, 701 N.Y.S.2d 880 (N.Y. Fam. Ct. 1999) |
Pennsylvania |
Cairns v. Cairns, 741 A.2d 800 (Pa. Super. Ct. 1999) |
Washington |
State ex rel. A.N.C. v. Grenley, 959 P.2d 1130 (Wash. Ct. App. 1998) |
West Virginia |
Stout v. Stout, 534 S.E. 2d 776 (W. Va. 2000) |
Nebraska |
Tomlin v. Tomlin, No. A-93-253, 1994 WL 697810, 1994 Neb. App. LEXIS 351 (Neb. Ct. App. 1994) |
Oklahoma |
Perdomo v. Fuller, 974 P.2d 185 (Okla. Civ. App. 1998) |
Virginia |
Roche v. Roche, 45 Va. Cir. 525, (Va. Cir. Ct. 1998) |
Table 10. Technical Defects
Arkansas |
Bonwich v. King, No. CA99-904, 2000 Ark. App. LEXIS 448 (Ark. Ct. App. May 31, 2000) |
Nebraska |
Allen v. Allen, No, A-95-1047, 1996 Neb. App. LEXIS 34 (Neb. Ct. App. Sept. 2, 1996) |
New York |
Neville v. Perry, 648 N.Y.S.2d 508 (N.Y. Fam. Ct. 1996) |
Texas |
In re Chapman, 973 S.W.2d 346 (Tex. Ct. App. 1998) |
Virginia |
Slawski v. Dep't of Social Services, 514 S.E.2d 773 (Va. Ct. App. 1999) |
Table 11. Equivalent Laws
Arkansas |
Jefferson County Child Support Enforcement Unit v. Ch. Ct. Vollie Hollands, Jr. 327 Ark. 456, 939 S.W.2d 302 (Ark. 1997) |
Massachusetts |
Peddar v. Peddar, 43 Mass. App. Ct. 192, 683 N.E.2d (1997) |
Table 12. Jurisdiction (including overpayment)
California |
D'Arcy v. Newman, 80 Cal. App. 4th 846, 95 Cal. Reptr.2d 691 (Cal. Ct. App. 2000) |
Colorado |
In re Haddad, Colo. Ct. App., No. 03CA0072 (5/6/04): The Colorado trial court erred in holding that it lacked jurisdiction to enter a judgment against the mother for overpaid child support due to a Colorado order granting retroactive support. While the trial court stated it lacked jurisdiction, the appellate court pointed out that a support order under the UIFSA is defined as including an order for "reimbursement." The opinion stated that the overpayment should be credited against his future support obligation only if "the interest of the children would not be harmed." |
Minnesota |
Jones v. Jones, No. C3-98-593, 1998 Minn. App. LEXIS 891 (Minn. Ct. App., Aug. 4, 1998) |
Missouri |
Phillips v. Fallen, 6 S.W.3d 862 (Mo. 1999) |
New York |
Gloria P. v. Armondo P. No. QDS: 04700591, N.Y.L.J. Dec. 22, 1998 (N.Y. Fam. Ct. 1998) In the Matter of Regina H. v. Joseph A.C., 184 Misc. 2d 978, 712 N.Y.S. 2d 347 (N.Y.Fam.Ct 2000) |
Oklahoma |
Perdomo v. Fuller, 974 P.2d 185 (Okla. Civ. App. 1998) |
Washington |
In re Peck, 82 Wash. App. 809, 920 P.2d 236 (Wash. Ct. App. 1996) |
Table 13. Personal Jurisdiction
Colorado |
In re Zinke, 967 P.2d 210 (Colo. Ct. App. 1998) |
Connecticut |
Clemens v. Clemens, Nos. FA 9901770802, FA 9901722125, 1999 Conn. Super. LEXIS 2856 (Conn. Super. Ct. Oct. 22, 1999) |
Hawaii |
DeMello v. DeMello, 87 Haw. 209, 953 P.2d 968 (Haw. Ct. App. 1998) |
Idaho |
Department of Health and Welfare v. Conley, 971 P.2d 332 (Idaho Ct. App. 1999) |
Louisiana |
Bordelon v. Dehnert, 99 2625 La. App. 1 Cir., 2000 La. App. LEXIS 2584 (La. Ct. App. September 22, 2000) Jurado v. Brashear, 764 So.2d 1066 (La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2000), writ of error granted 765 So.2d 345 (La 2000) |
Massachusetts |
Windsor v. Windsor, 45 Mass. App. Ct. 650, 700 N.E.2d 838 (Mass. App. Ct. 1998) |
Minnesota |
Abu-Dalbough v. Abu-Dalbough, 547 N.W.2d 700 (Minn. Ct. App. 1996) Lustig v. Lustig, No. C4-96-940, 1996 Minn. App. LEXIS 1335 (Minn. Ct. App. Nov. 26, 1996) |
Mississippi |
McCubbin v. Seay, 749 So.2d 1127 (Miss. Ct. App. 1999) |
Nebraska |
Harvey v. Harvey, 575 N.W.2d 167 (Neb. Ct. App. 1998) |
New York |
In re Chisolm-Brownlee v. Chisholm, 177 Misc. 2d 185, 676 N.Y.S.2d 818 (N.Y. Fam. Ct. 1998) |
Oklahoma |
Grant v. Grant, 964 P.2d 963 (Okla. Ct. App. 1998) |
Virginia |
Franklin v. Commonwealth ex rel. Franklin, 497 S.E.2d 881 (Va. Ct. App. 1998) Schreiber v. Schreiber, No.148669, 1997 Va. Cir. LEXIS 372, 43 Va. Cir. 274 (Cir. Ct. Fairfax Cty. Sept. 3, 1998) |
Wisconsin |
In re Carlin L.S. 593 N.W.2d 486 (Wis. Ct. App. 1999) |
Wyoming |
Washington ex rel. Mahoney v. St. John, 964 P.2d 1242 (Wyo. 1998) |
Table 14. Subject Matter Jurisdiction
Colorado |
State ex rel. R.L.H., 942 P.2d 1386 (Colo. Ct. App. 1997) |
Florida |
State v. Hickman, 744 So.2d 1161 (Fla. Ct. App. 1999) |
Louisiana |
Bordelon v. Dehnert, 99 2625 La. App. 1 Cir., 2000 La. App. LEXIS 2584 (La. Ct. App. September 22, 2000) Jurado v. Brashear, 764 So.2d 1066 (La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2000), writ of error granted 765 So.2d 345 (La 2000) |