STATE ex rel. J.W. v. R.D.R.

CRAWLEY, Judge.

The State of Alabama, on behalf of J.W. (the “custodian”), appeals from a judgment calculating child support owed by R.D.R. (the “father”) for the support of J.M. (the “child”). The child’s mother is deceased, and the child receives Social Security death benefits in the amount of $285 as a result of the mother’s death. Calculated pursuant to the Rule 32, Ala. R. Jud. Admin., the father’s monthly child support is $322.22 per month. The trial court gave the father credit for the Social Security death benefits the child receives and then ordered that the father pay child support…