Martin v. Martin

OPINION

NOYES, Judge.

The issue is whether a judgment for child support arrearages is void if it fails to include automatic child support increases as provided for in the parties’ decree of dissolution. We hold that such a judgment is voidable, but not void. We also hold that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in refusing to set the judgment aside when the motion to do so was not filed until fourteen months after entry of the judgment and the court was given no reason to explain the long delay.

Facts and Procedural History

In June 1981, the twenty-year marriage of Chris (“mother”) and…