Rudder v. Rudder

This is a domestic relations case.

The former husband appeals from an order of the Circuit Court of Mobile County, which found that an arrearage of $8,700 was owed for unpaid child support installments.

The husband on appeal contends, through able counsel, that an action for the amounts past due is barred by the doctrine of laches and that the trial court erred in establishing the amount of arrearages.

Viewing the testimony, as revealed by the record, with the attendant presumptions accorded the trial court's action, we find the following:

The parties were divorced in 1965 and the wife was…