Liddy v. Liddy

OPINION

YAIDIK, Judge.

Case Summary

During marital dissolution proceedings between Mark and Kathleen Liddy, Mark asked the trial court to declare his twenty-one-year-old son, A.L., emancipated. Kathleen countered that A.L.’s schizoaffec-tive disorder rendered him incapacitated and, therefore, in continuing need of child support. The trial court denied Mark’s request for emancipation and ordered him to pay $500 per month in child support. Mark now appeals, arguing that the trial court improperly placed the burden upon him to show that A.L. is not incapacitated and that the court erred by…