Parnell v. Parnell

This is a post-divorce child support case.

The husband represented himself in the trial court and has not filed any brief as to the wife's appeal. She raises two issues.

I

The parties were divorced on February 28, 1983. The divorce judgment approved an agreement of the parties, whereby the wife was awarded the custody of their fourteen-month-old daughter, and the husband was required to pay $400 per month as child support. In April 1986, the wife filed her petition for arule nisi. She averred that the husband was in arrears in child support in the amount of $4,650. After an ore tenus trial…