Malekos v. Chloe Ann Yin

OPINION

COMPTON, Justice.

The principal issue presented in this appeal is whether and to what extent court ordered child support may be waived by the child’s custodian. The trial court concluded that despite a specific, intended waiver by the child’s custodian of the child support obligation, the waiver was inoperative as a matter of law.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

George Malekos (George) and Chloe Ann Yin (Chloe) were married in 1963. They lived together for only a brief period. On February 2, 1964, their son Richard Todd Malekos was born. George obtained a decree of divorce from Chloe…