Hollingshead v. Hollingshead

THOMAS, Justice.

The question posed in this case is whether periodic payments ordered for child support are to be treated as judgments prior to the effective date of Wyo. Stat. § 20-2-113(a) (Supp.1989). The district court ruled that a periodic child support payment is a liability created by statute and applied the eight year statute of limitations found in Wyo. Stat. § l-3-105(a)(ii)(B) (1988). The result was that payments that became due more than eight years prior to the filing of the motion to enforce the payments were barred. We hold that, in the absence of a statute, a decree for…