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Title: Marriage Janet Griffin (Reeve) v. Dennis
Author : Supreme Court of Wisconsin
Release Date : January 21, 1987
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 67 KB

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This is an appeal from an order entered by the circuit court for Racine county, Dennis J. Flynn, Circuit Judge, dismissing
a proceeding brought against Dennis Reeve to hold him in contempt for failing to pay child support which was ordered by the
circuit court and had accrued before the child reached the age of majority. Relying on Halmu v. Halmu, 247 Wis. 124, 19 N.W.2d
317 (1945), the circuit court dismissed the proceeding, reasoning that it had no jurisdiction to enforce past due child support
payments through contempt proceedings when the proceedings were commenced after the child reached the age of majority. This
court granted the petition to bypass. Sec. 808.05(1), Stats. 1985-86. On October 15, 1987, a few weeks before this court was to hear this case, Dennis Reeve paid the amount due under the support
order and moved this court to dismiss the appeal on the ground that the matter was moot. The family court commissioner opposed
the motion, arguing that there are unresolved issues concerning attorney's fees, reasonable court costs and court-assessed
interest and that because the case presents an issue of public importance a decision from this court would assist circuit
courts. This court denied Dennis Reeve's motion.