Marino

Appellant Barbara Lurie Marino sought to enforce and modify a New York child support order in California pursuant to the Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act, Family Code section 4800 et seq. Under New York law, parents must support their children until the children turn 21, while in California the obligation ends at age 18. The family law court ruled that California’s age of majority applied and declined to increase support for appellant’s 20-year-old son. Appellant challenges that order, along with the denial of her request for attorney fees. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm the order as to child support but reverse and remand for a determination as to the issue of attorney fees.

Facts and Procedural History

Barbara and Larry Lurie were married October 23, 1970, in New York. They had two sons—Eric bom in May 1972 and Aaron bom in November 1978. 1 On November 28, 1984, a New York state court entered a judgment dissolving the marriage. The judgment arose from and incorporated a wide-ranging stipulation between Larry and Barbara concerning custody of the children, visitation, disposition of property and other matters. Barbara was granted sole custody…