Court Opinion

ID: 9849308
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-24 04:38:14.310454+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:19:16.648730
License: Public Domain

Judge Becton
concurring in the result.
Were I asked to resolve the issues of abandonment and “substantial compliance,” I would unhesitantly conclude, on the facts in the record before us, that the father neither abandoned his daughter nor failed to comply substantially with court orders requiring him to contribute to her support. And, if I were compelled by equitable principles to reach a compromising quid pro quo result, I would grant to the father the same percentage of the wrongful death proceeds that he contributed to his daughter’s support, considering the 5 July 1968 judgment. The trial court, however, granted the father’s motion for summary judgment, and I can neither resolve factual disputes nor otherwise dispose of the case, as a matter of law, on the merits. Consequently, I concur in the result.