Kerrigan v. Kerrigan

TERRY, Associate Judge:

This is an appeal from a judgment awarding Mrs. Wilhelmina Kerrigan $56,000 for child support arrearages under a 1978 divorce decree. Her ex-husband, Dr. James Kerrigan, challenges this award on two grounds. First, he maintains that the trial court erred in refusing to admit into evidence a letter from Mrs. Kerrigan’s counsel as proof that the parties had modified the terms of the divorce decree. We reject this argument. Dr. Kerrigan’s second contention, however, has merit. He argues that the court should have considered his defense that Mrs. Kerrigan’s claim was barred…