Rowlett v. Bunton

Josephine Linker Hart, Judge.

Appellant, David Rowlett, appeals an order awarding appellee, Laura Bunton, a lump-sum percentage of his inheritance as child support. He asserts that inheritance is not income for purposes of setting child support. We agree and reverse and remand.

On November 4, 1994, the Arkansas Department of Human Services (ADHS) obtained a judgment establishing appellant as the father of DRR and requiring appellant to pay to the ADHS, as assignee of appellee’s child-support rights, $40 per week in child-support payments.1 On June 22, 1995, the court entered a judgment in the…