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West Virginia Supreme Court· 6/24/1993

Robinson v. McKinney

Citations

  • 432 S.E.2d 543
  • 189 W. Va. 459
  • 1993 W. Va. LEXIS 96

How courts have described this case

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

  • stating that ‘“[t]he duty of a parent to support a child is a basic duty owed by the parent to the child’ ”
  • recognizing parent’s duty to support child and child’s right to receive such support
  • “The ten-year statute of limitations set forth in W. Va. Code, 38-3-18 [1923] and not the doctrine of laches applies when enforcing a decretal judgment which orders the payment of monthly sums for alimony or child support.”
  • nunc pro tunc order may not be entered to set child support, where there was no memorandum on the records which indicated that support was to be addressed in the original order, and entry of nunc pro tunc order would adversely affect interests of obligor parent

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Judges: McHUGH

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Cites

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