Arkansas Office of Child Support Enforcement v. House

Tom Glaze, Justice.

On October 13, 1980, appellee Stanley House was ordered to pay $26 per week for support of his minor child pursuant to a divorce decree. On December 17, 1993, the custodial parent, proceeding through the appellant Arkansas Office of Child Support Enforcement (Office), filed a petition to increase child support payments and a petition for order to show cause. In the order to show cause filed March 14, 1994, the Office alleged that House was behind in his child support payments in the amount of $8,615.40. House responded by pleading the five-year statute of limitations under…