SMITH v. SMITH

No. 35547.

168 Ohio St. 447 (1959)

SMITH, APPELLEE, v. SMITH, APPELLANT.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided January 28, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William A. Vidmar, for appellee.

Mr. Richard H. Woods, for appellant.


MATTHIAS, J.

The issue which is determinative of this appeal is whether the payee of an installment child-support order or judgment, issued in conjunction with a divorce decree, is precluded by a statutory limitation of time, by laches, or by loss of jurisdiction from having unpaid and delinquent installments on such order reduced to a "lump-sum judgment," by the fact that 14 years elapsed since the last payment on the order was due or by the fact that the court lost...

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