Brown v. Brown

On Petition to Transfer from the Indiana Court of Appeals, No. 48A04-0402-CV-66

SULLIVAN, Justice.

Because of Danny Brown’s disability, his son received a lump-sum distribution of retroactive Social Security disability benefits as well as monthly benefits going forward. Brown seeks credit for the lump-sum payment against an accumulated child support arrearage and credit for the monthly benefits against his future support obligation. Following precedent from this State and others, we hold that a disabled parent is entitled to credit against the parent’s child support obligations for Social…