Wrongful death proceeds not subject to child support claim 
Published: April 17, 2013
Tags: child support, wrongful death
Settlement proceeds from a wrongful death action were not subject to a claim for a child support arrearage owed by the decedent, West Virginia’s highest court has ruled in affirming judgment.
Taxpayer could deduct ‘family support’ payments
Published: March 15, 2013
Tags: alimony, child support, taxation
A divorced taxpayer could treat family support payments made while his divorce was pending as deductible alimony, the U.S. Tax Court has ruled in reversing a $7,750 deficiency assessment.
Tax consequences should be weighed in divorce
Published: February 15, 2013
Tags: alimony, child support, divorce, taxation
The potential federal tax consequences facing a husband should have been considered in determining whether he was entitled to a modification of the alimony provisions in his divorce decree, Massachusetts’ highest court has ruled in reversing judgment.
Support credit denied for child’s Social Security benefit
Published: November 21, 2012
Tags: child support, Social Security benefits
A divorced father was not entitled to a credit toward his child support obligation for the Social Security dependent benefit his daughter received, Maine’s highest court has ruled in reversing judgment.
Employer reimbursement didn’t increase child support
Published: November 9, 2012
Tags: child support, divorce, health insurance
Amounts that an employer reimbursed a divorced employee for his health insurance should not have been used to increase his child support obligation, the Georgia Supreme Court has ruled in reversing judgment.
Husband needn’t cooperate in obtaining life insurance
Published: October 11, 2012
Tags: child support, divorce, life insurance
A husband in a divorce case could not be ordered to cooperate with his wife in obtaining life insurance on his own life in order to secure his child support payments, the Kansas Supreme Court has ruled in reversing judgment.
Divorced mom liable for misrepresentation of paternity
Published: October 4, 2012
Tags: child support, paternity, paternity fraud
A divorced woman could be liable for intentionally misrepresenting the paternity of her son to her former husband, the Tennessee Supreme Court has ruled.
Benchmarks: Ex-wife must pay $25K for hiding son’s paternity
Published: October 2, 2012
Tags: child support, intentional misrepresentation, paternity, paternity fraud
A Tennessee woman will have to pay her former husband $25,000 in the wake of yesterday’s recognition by the state supreme court of a claim for intentional misrepresentation of paternity.
Paternity order can’t aim to equalize income
Published: August 31, 2012
Tags: child support, paternity
A child support order in a paternity case should not have been fashioned to equalize the parties’ income, Massachusetts highest court has ruled in reversing judgment.
Support may be modified when child goes to college
Published: July 17, 2012
Tags: child support, divorce
A divorced father may be entitled to a modification of his support obligation to reflect the reduction in the mother’s expenses as a result their children living away at college most of the year, the New Jersey Appellate Division has ruled in reversing judgment.
