Sikes v. Sikes

WEBB, Justice.

The question posed by this appeal is whether a district court may enter an interim order for child support in which it contemplates entering a permanent order at a later time and at such later time enter an order retroactive to the earlier order which requires larger child support payments than originally required. We hold that a district court may do so.

It is clear from reading Judge Payne’s order that the order was not intended to determine the issue of child support. It set an amount of child support which was consented to by the parties in contemplation of setting a…