Irving v. Irving

CARLSON, Presiding Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. The Chancery Court of DeSoto County granted James Craig Irving and Johnnie Evans Irving a divorce. James filed a Petition for Modification of his child-support payments, based on the change of circumstances brought about by the loss of his job, which had occurred three weeks prior to the chancellor’s entry of the Order upwardly modifying James’s support obligations. The chancellor declared that res judicata prevented James, in a subsequent petition for modification, from presenting evidence of his job loss occurring before the entry of this Order.

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