AMIDON v. AMIDON

No. 5735.

280 A.2d 82 (1971)

Helen J. AMIDON, Appellant, v. Richard C. AMIDON, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 6, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel D. Blackmon, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Charles H. Mayer, Washington, D. C., with whom Lewis H. Shapiro, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee.

Before KELLY, KERN and NEBEKER, Associate Judges.


KERN, Associate Judge:

The question presented by this appeal is whether the defense of laches may bar recovery by one party to a separation agreement against the other when the former had failed for seven years to enforce that agreement. The trial court, in a well-considered opinion, concluded that laches is a valid defense in such a situation and should apply upon the facts of the instant case. We affirm.

On March 28, 1960, the parties entered into a separation...

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