State Department of Human Resources ex rel. Briley v. Dobbins

L. CHARLES WRIGHT, Retired Appellate Judge

In May 1989 John Dobbins was ordered to pay $145 per month in support of a child he had fathered with Pamela Briley. In April 1993 the state of Alabama, on behalf of the mother, filed a petition for modification of support and a request that the court find the father in arrears in his support obligation. Following oral proceedings, the court increased the father’s support obligation and ordered him to pay $1,700 in arrearage.

The state appeals and asserts that the court erred in its computation of arrearage and in its failure to award interest on the…