Piccarreto v. Mura

OPINION OF THE COURT

Richard A. Bollinger, J.

In this post-divorce dispute, the wife seeks to dismiss a charg*297ing lien against a long-ignored, but recently recovered, child support obligation. The lien is asserted by her former counsel, who rigorously prosecuted the recovery action.

The facts are undisputed. A default divorce occurred in 1993, the husband was ordered to pay child support, and the court in 1993 awarded a judgment for $25,226.72 in unpaid child support. Thereafter, in a series of events described in a prior opinion of this court, the parties engaged in repeated court appearances in…