Chitwood v. Chitwood

| ¡Although the majority holds that Ark. Code Ann. § 9-14-236 and our opinions in Chunn v. D’Agostino, 312 Ark. 141, 847 S.W.2d 699 (1993) and Clemmons v. Office of Child Support Enforcement, 345 Ark. 330, 344, 47 S.W.3d 227, 235 (2001) support that Ark.Code Ann. § 9-14-236 only provides for a singular child-support-arrear-ages obligation, this holding misconstrues our statute and case law. Therefore, I dissent.

First, in interpreting Ark.Code Ann. § 9-14-236, using plain and ordinary meaning of its language, Ark.Code Ann. § 9-14-236 does not state that the obligation of child-support…