Opinion ID: 1678599
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Heading: Effect of the Stay

Text: Finally, the trial court held that Teresa was in arrears from September 26, 1991, until March 5, 1992. On appeal, Teresa contends that she was not required to pay child support from September 30, 1991, the day the court stayed the divorce decree, until December 26, 1995, the day the court granted Teresa custody and ordered Jeffrey to pay child support. Teresa argues that on September 30, 1991, the trial court indefinitely stayed the September 26, 1991 order requiring her to pay child support, and that the stay has never been formally lifted. In this argument Teresa is really asking us to reverse, in part, the trial court's ruling that she owed child support from September 26, 1991, until March 5, 1992. In Arkansas Dep't of Fin. & Admin. v. Pharmacy Assocs., Inc., 333 Ark. 451, 970 S.W.2d 217 (1998), we explained that a cross-appeal is an appeal by an appellee who seeks something more than was received in the trial court. It is well settled that we will not consider an appellee's request for affirmative relief when the appellee has failed to file a notice of cross-appeal. Arkansas Dep't of Fin. & Admin, supra ; Edwards v. Neuse, 312 Ark. 302, 849 S.W.2d 479 (1993). Because Teresa failed to file a notice of cross-appeal, we refuse to address this issue. For these reasons, we reverse the trial court's order and hold that Teresa is in arrears for child-support payments that accrued between September 26, 1991 and December 8, 1995, and we remand for a hearing and determination that is consistent with this opinion. Reversed and remanded.