III Carlotta Linrud contends the district court erred in assessing her with back child support payments for the time the divorce was pending. She also contends retroactive modification of a district court's child support finding is improper. We will affirm a trial court's child support findings unless they are clearly erroneous. Generally, parents are liable to persons who support their children, when the parent does not support the child. Hobus at 162.
District courts have the authority to award past due child support.
The trial court's assessment of back child support is not clearly erroneous. The district court's judgment on child support is affirmed. The district court's judgment on property distribution is reversed and remanded for actions consistent with this opinion.