State ex rel. Richards v. Richards

Mother appeals a judgment awarding her $2,525 in accrued child support. We increase the judgment to $3,975 and affirm the judgment as modified.

In the dissolution judgment, mother was awarded custody of the parties’ child, and father was ordered to pay child support of $175 per month. Father accrued arrearages of approximately $1,400 during early 1983. He had physical custody of the child from September, 1983, through December, 1984, and, pursuant to a private agreement with mother, paid no support during those months. However, because he had not moved to modify the dissolution judgment, an…