Court Opinion

ID: 9848903
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-24 04:29:42.315608+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:18:52.809659
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CALLISTER, Justice
(dissenting).
I do not agree with the majority opinion wherein it relieves the appellant from the payment of interest — although he has my *326sympathy.' I agree with that portion of the rnajority opinion upholding the judgment for ■ past due support money payments, but for different reasons.
On January 24, 1957, the parties to this action were residents of New York, and on that date entered into a property settlement agreement. This agreement, among other things, set forth the appellant’s rights of visitation. Subsequently, on February 6, 1957, respondent wife secured an absolute divorce in the state of Alabama. The divorce decree awarded custody of the two children to respondent and ordered appellant to pay for their support the sum of $150 each per month. The New York agreement was not incorporated into or referred to in the Alabama decree.
Under the Alabama decisions,1a the past-due installments of child support, as they accrue, are absolutely vested and cannot retroactively be modified or reduced. The installment payments become final judgments as of the dates due and may be collected as other judgments. We are bound to give the judgment which has accrued in Alabama “full faith and credit.” 2a
I would affirm the judgment of the lower court.

. Armstrong v. Green, 260 Ala. 39, 68 So.2d 834 (1953); Wood v. Wood, 275 Ala. 439, 154 So.2d 661 (1963); Melvin v. Furr, 275 Ala. 428, 155 So.2d 593 (1963).

. Sistare v. Sistare, 218 U.S. 1, 30 S.Ct. 682, 54 L.Ed. 905 (1910); Barber v. Barber, 323 U.S. 77, 65 S.Ct. 137, 89 L.Ed. 82 (1944).