State ex rel. Hovden v. Hovden

Husband appeals a judgment in favor of the state determining that he was $17,542 in arrears for child support as of December 31, 1988. ORS 25.330. The judgment included $9,600 that was due before April 19, 1979. We reverse.

Husband and his former wife dissolved their marriage in August, 1974. The dissolution judgment provided that husband would pay her $75 each month in child support for each of their two children. He made only sporadic payments. She received public assistance from the state to support the children. Under ORS 416.410(1), the state became the assignee of her right to recover…