Opinion
No. 3107.
Argued November 20, 1962.
Decided January 29, 1963.
APPEAL FROM COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS, HARRY L. WALKER, J.
Rex K. Nelson, Washington, D.C., for appellant.
George H. Windsor, Washington, D.C., with whom George E.C. Hayes and Cobb, Howard, Hayes Windsor, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.
Before HOOD, Chief Judge, and QUINN and MYERS, Associate Judges.
The question here is whether the trial court properly dismissed an action by a mother under the Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act against the father for support of their minor children, when there was an outstanding order in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia for support of the children in an action previously brought by the mother against the father.
Code 1961, § 11-1601 et seq.
Some history of the prior litigation between the parties appears in Jackson v. Jackson, 107 U.S.App.D.C. 255, 276 F.2d 501, cert. denied 364 U.S. 849, 81 S.Ct. 94, 5 L.Ed.2d 73.
Our conclusion is that the action was properly dismissed. The District Court had jurisdiction of the parties and had entered an order respecting the exact relief here sought. The matter had been adjudicated in the District Court, which retained jurisdiction for modification in the event of change of circumstances, and there was nothing for the Domestic Relations Branch of the Court of General Sessions to act upon.
Affirmed.