Mask v. Mask

OPINION

PAYNE, Justice.

Plaintiff petitioned to recover arrearages in child support payments. The trial court awarded judgment to plaintiff but allowed offsets to defendant for social security benefits the child received. Plaintiff appealed. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

The plaintiff and defendant were divorced in 1965. There was one child born of the marriage. Plaintiff alleged and the court found that defendant was in default in his support payments for the period January 1, 1966 to September 1976. This finding of the court that the defendant had failed to make child support payments…