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DeGroot v. DeGroot

Citations

  • 939 A.2d 664
  • 2008 D.C. App. LEXIS 2
  • 2008 WL 41136

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that the statute’s six month residency requirement is jurisdictional in nature
  • stating “a court may apply new laws to pending cases when those laws ‘speak to the power of the court’ ” (quoting Coto v. Citibank FSB, 912 A.2d 562, 566 n.4 (D.C. 2006)); State v. Barren, 279 P.3d 182, 185 (Nev. 2012
  • “No case of this court suggests that subject matter jurisdiction to issue a [child] support order expires if all the parties have left the jurisdiction.”

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Judges: Washington, Fisher, Newman

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