Johnson v. Lilly

Robert H. Dudley, Justice.

This court has accepted appellate jurisdiction of this case to decide whether Act 870 of 1991, which enlarges the statute of limitation for enforcement of child support obligations, can be applied retroactively to revive a claim that had been barred. We hold that the chancellor erred in retroactively applying the enlarged limitation to revive a barred cause of action. The appellant assigns two other points on appeal, but we cannot decide them because we have not been provided a sufficient record.

At the outset we confront the defect in the record. The appellee mother,…