Valley V. Selfridge

In 1969, Mrs. Pattra Selfridge, now Mrs. Valley, divorced Franklin Selfridge. He was ordered to pay $200 per month for the support of two minor children. He did not pay it, and in February 1973, she obtained a judgment against him for $6,100 for such delinquency. The judgment also required that "future payments shall apply against the most delinquent amount owed." Mr. Selfridge paid part of the judgment. Mrs. Valley then left the jurisdiction and moved to South Dakota with the children and her present husband. While there she filed an action under the uniform reciprocal enforcement of support act (URESA). The URESA action was brought for enforcement on the South Dakota petition in Spokane County, Washington.