J.W.J. v. Alabama Department of Human Resources ex rel. T.R.

THOMAS, Judge.

In October 2013, the Alabama Department of Human Resources (“DHR”) brought a contempt petition in the Lee Juvenile Court (“the juvenile court”) on behalf of T.R. (“the mother”), in which it sought to establish the child-support ar-rearage owed by J.W.J. Ill (“the father”). After several interim hearings and orders, the juvenile court held a trial on March 3, 2016, relating to the father’s expected receipt of disability benefits from which he could pay sums toward his arrearage.

The evidence at the trial indicates that the father had suffered an accident that had left him…