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YELL v. YELL

No. CA 96-515.

939 S.W.2d 860 (1997)

56 Ark.App. 176

Garry Wayne YELL, Appellant, v. Elizabeth Faye YELL, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Arkansas, Division II.

March 19, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Xollie Duncan, Bentonville, for Appellant.

No brief filed for Appellee.

ROAF, Judge.

Garry Wayne Yell appeals from an order of the chancery court which awarded Elizabeth Faye Yell child support retroactive to 1991, pursuant to a petition to modify support which she filed in 1994. The chancellor based his award of back support upon a common-law duty to support. We agree that the chancellor abused his discretion in imposing retroactive support, and reverse.

Garry Wayne Yell and Elizabeth Faye Yell were divorced in 1982. The decree...

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