Breedlove v. Breedlove

OPINION

By the Court,

Manoukian, C. J.:

The parties in this case had five children together during the course of their marriage, which ended by divorce in 1968. The *607Indiana trial court which conducted the divorce proceedings awarded custody of all five children to appellant, and further ordered respondent to pay child support to appellant in the sum of $175 per week.

It is undisputed that respondent subsequently defaulted on his child support payments and, in 1980, appellant obtained a judgment from the Indiana trial court, awarding her approximately $90,000 in child support payment arrearages…