Larsen v. Sedberry

BECTON, Judge.

The only question for resolution on appeal is whether the trial court erred in granting summary judgment for plaintiff and in failing to grant summary judgment for defendant based on the doctrine of laches in that plaintiff did not seek enforcement of the child support order until fourteen years after it was entered and until after Johnson died. We resolve the question in favor of plaintiff.

We are not unmindful of the policy consideration that produced the doctrine of laches:

The doctrine of laches is based upon grounds of public policy, which require for the peace of society…