In re the Marriage of Bryant

In this dissolution proceeding, wife obtained a writ of garnishment on husband’s bank account to execute on a judgment for accrued child support payments. Husband objected to the garnishment, claiming that he withheld the child support payments to offset a sum of his money which wife illegally converted to her use. The trial court granted husband credit on the child support judgment for the sum that wife allegedly converted and set aside the garnishment. Wife appeals, claiming that the trial court did not have authority to grant husband credit in these circumstances.1 We agree with this…