Morgan v. Bunzendahl

BARNES, Presiding Judge.

We granted James Morgan’s application for discretionary review to consider whether the pre-existing child support obligations of a parent who ultimately wins a downward modification due to involuntary adversity continue to accrue while that parent’s modification action is pending. We conclude that, when calculating back child support related to a contempt citation, that portion of the obligation attributable to lost income did not continue to accrue after Morgan served his modification petition on the custodial parent. Accordingly, we vacate the trial court’s order and…