Title: Pendergraft v. Watts

State: ohio

Issuer: Ohio Supreme Court

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[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as 
Pendergraft v. Watts, Slip Opinion No. 2011-Ohio-4035.] 
 
 
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SLIP OPINION NO. 2011-Ohio-4035 
PENDERGRAFT v. WATTS, APPELLEE; CUYAHOGA SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT 
AGENCY, APPELLANT. 
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it 
may be cited as Pendergraft v. Watts, Slip Opinion No. 2011-Ohio-4035.] 
Judgment of the court of appeals reversed, and cause remanded to the court of 
appeals for further proceedings consistent with Pula v. Pula-Branch. 
(No. 2010-1340 — Submitted August 8, 2011 — Decided August 16, 2011.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Cuyahoga County, No. 93808, 
2010-Ohio-3196. 
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{¶ 1} The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed on the authority of 
Pula v. Pula-Branch, ___ Ohio St.3d ___, 2011-Ohio-2896, ___ N.E.2d ___, and 
the cause is remanded to the court of appeals for further proceedings consistent 
with this court’s opinion in Pula v. Pula-Branch. 
O’CONNOR, C.J., and PFEIFER, LUNDBERG STRATTON, O’DONNELL, 
LANZINGER, CUPP, and MCGEE BROWN, JJ., concur. 
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SUPREME COURT OF OHIO 
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William D. Mason, Cuyahoga County Prosecuting Attorney, and Kestra 
Smith and Joseph Young, Assistant Prosecuting Attorneys, for appellant, 
Cuyahoga Support Enforcement Agency. 
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