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  • 508 A.2d 114
  • 1986 D.C. App. LEXIS 320

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  • finding waiver where party failed to raise a statute-of-limitations defense in response to a claim for support arrears
  • finding waiver where party failed to raise a statute-of-limitations defense in response to a claim for support arrears
  • “In the absence of an interpretation to the contrary, we may rely upon this older version of the statute, and the interpretation attached thereto, to conclude that the current D.C. Code §15-101 is a statute of limitation.”
  • “A statute of limitation is an affirmative defense which must be asserted in a responsive pleading before the trial court. Failure to plead the limitation defense results in a waiver thereof. A statute of limitations defense, once waived (expressly or by nonassertion

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Judges: Newman, Ferren, Rogers

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