Wynn v. Craven

Peterson, Justice.

Over a period of fifteen years, a mother undercalculated by more than $72,000 the amount of child support a court had ordered the father to pay When the father sought a change in custody, she then demanded payment. The trial court rejected her belated claim on the basis that it was barred by the equitable doctrine of laches. But laches does not apply to claims for uncollected child support, and so we reverse.

The record shows that Helen Wynn (“Mother”) and Robert Craven (“Father”) had a child together before divorcing in March 2000. The divorce decree incorporated the…