Ex Parte State Ex Rel. Lamon

On Application for Rehearing

The opinion of February 14, 1997, is withdrawn and the following opinion is substituted therefor.

The State argues that the trial court lacked jurisdiction to enter its final order reinstating a prior order in which it purported to forgive Daniel E. Hamm ("the husband") all of the child support arrearage that had accrued. However, because of our resolution of the case as set forth below, we pretermit any discussion on the issue of jurisdiction.

Suffice it to say, without an in-depth discussion of the facts or the procedural history of this case, a recitation of which…