Holland

I. BACKGROUND

In February 2012, father and defendant Lisa Alexholland (mother) finalized their divorce. As part of their marital settlement agreement, father was ordered to pay mother $2,000 per month in family support.2 At that time, father and mother had two minor children who are now adults. In May 2012, mother opened a case with the Department to enforce the collection of family support after father failed to make consistent payments.3 In December 2016, father and mother entered into a settlement agreement in which father’s prospective family support payments were reduced to $500 per month. The agreement further stated that mother would release father of “all past, present or future arrears” and that father would pay mother $20,000 as consideration. It is unclear when father actually paid mother this amount. In August 2021, father filed a request for the trial court to: (1) terminate the family support order because the children were now adults; and (2) “adopt” the parties’ December 2016 agreement. Before the March 2022 hearing on this matter, father filed a document titled “stipulation and order terminating family support” (stipulation). The stipulation was executed by him…