L.K.
L.K. v. Golightly
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Rothschild, J.
Plaintiff L.K. appeals from the judgment of dismissal entered when the trial court sustained, without leave to amend, defendants’ demurrer to L.K.’s second amended complaint. We affirm.
BACKGROUND
This lawsuit arises out of a child support dispute concerning L.K.’s son, P.G., who was bom in 1988. Because P.G. and his father have the same initials, we will refer to them as “Son” and “Father” in order to avoid confusion.
The second amended complaint and documents attached thereto reflect that in October 1991, in a paternity suit filed by L.K. against Father, the superior *643 court ordered Father to pay L.K. $3,500 per month as pendente lite child support for Son, retroactive to October 1990. In July 1993, the court entered judgment decreeing that Father is the natural father of Son, and ordering Father to pay child support in the amount of $1,000 per month from June 1, 1993, until Son reached the age of 18 or graduated from high school or became emancipated. Father’s child support obligation thus ended no later than Son’s 18th birthday, in 2006.
In 2007, the Los Angeles County Child Support Services Department (CSSD) filed a motion to determine child support arrears.…