Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama June 17, 2011, 2100266 (R.S. v. State ex rel. C.L.S.)

MOORE, Judge.

On October 28, 2009, the State of Alabama, on behalf of C.L.S. (“the mother”), filed a contempt petition against R.S. (“the father) in the Madison Juvenile Court (“the juvenile court”). The petition alleged that the father was in arrears on his child-support obligation under a December 21, 1996, judgment, that the principal amount of the child-support arrearage was $20,850.