Sullivan v. Edens

Robert H. Dudley, Justice.

This is a significant case involving the collection of accrued but unpaid child support. The 1978 divorce decree awarded custody of the children to the mother, appellant, and ordered the father, appellee, to pay monthly child support in an amount equal to 32% of his take-home pay, but, in any event, not less than $200.00 per month. In 1982, the mother filed a petition asking that the father be held in contempt for failing to pay child support. Prior to the hearing, the father paid the mother $ 1,000.00, and they agreed that the future amount of child support would be…