Stewart v. Norment

Annabelle Clinton Imber, Justice.

At issue in this case is whether a chancellor may prohibit the recipient of a final judgment for child-support arrearages from garnishing the obligor’s employer, on the ground that an income-withholding order provided the recipient with the sole and exclusive method for enforcing the judgment. We reverse.

Nancy Stewart and Billy Norment were divorced on May 30, 1984. The chancellor awarded Stewart custody of the couple’s two minor children, along with $50 weekly in child support. The record reflects a number of orders finding Norment in arrears on his…