578 So. 2d 1320 - Sharp v. Sharp’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
February 2002
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 476 So. 2d 114 - Brown v. Brown · 380 So. 2d 908 - Liles v. Liles · 462 So. 2d 375 - Jones v. Jones
Most-quoted passages
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“"Section 38-10-7, Code 1975, does provide that actions to enforce support obligations may be brought in ... district court, circuit court, or appropriate federal court, and concurrent jurisdiction is conferred upon the juvenile courts, district courts, and circuit courts involving paternity, desertion, nonsupport or support. This section also provides that these actions may be civil or criminal. However, these actions are different from an action to modify the amount of child support awarded under a divorce decree. "We find the rule in Alabama to be that if a divorce decree provides for child support, subsequent modifications are continuations or supplementary actions to the original divorce action, and any order of support issued by another court pursuant to § 38-10-7, Code 1975, does not supersede any previous order of support issued in a divorce action. See Brown v. Brown, 476 So.2d 114 (Ala.Civ.App.1985)."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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