Arkansas Department of Human Services v. Harris

Even if the trial court reached the merits, the trial court’s decision should clearly be affirmed. My reasons for saying so follow.

First, I should say that the majority correctly sets out the facts of this case, and I need not reiterate them here. Suffice it to say, appellee Robert Harris, as a resident of Missouri, had been in arrears in payment of his child support when he moved to Crittenden County. The Missouri Department of Social Services subsequently sought payment of Harris’s past due support by referring the matter to appellant Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS), which filed…