No. 20-1721

James Sawyer v. Rosemary Sawyer, et al.

Lower Court: California
Docketed: 2021-06-11
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: child-support civil-rights conflict-of-laws due-process full-faith-and-credit modification state-sovereignty uifsa
Latest Conference: 2021-09-27
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. UIFSA and Procedural Due Process
Is the right to Due Process as vested in a citizen of the United
States durable, transportable, and enforceable
in and between the originating and forum state?

2. Precedence of conflicting interests
where Due Process is protecting the citizen, and
where Full Faith and Credit is protecting the State:
Does a sovereign forum state owe to its citizens
a duty of due diligence in protecting their rights
against infringing actions of a sister state?

3. Modification
Is an order establishing a duty and obligation different in kind
from an order calculating a current balance due on said duty,
thus requiring distinct treatment with respect to the meaning
of the word "modification ", prohibited for one, not the other?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Is the right to Due Process as vested in a citizen of the United States durable, transportable, and enforceable in and between the originating and forum state?

Docket Entries

2021-10-04
Petition DENIED.
2021-07-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
2021-07-09
Waiver of right of respondent Santa Cruz County Department of Child Support Services to respond filed.
2021-06-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 12, 2021)

Attorneys

James Sawyer
James A. Sawyer — Petitioner
Santa Cruz County Department of Child Support Services
Jennevee H. de GuzmanCA Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General, Respondent