In re Marriage of Stephenson & Papineau

The opinion of the court was delivered by

LUCKERT, J.;

This appeal presents an issue of first impression: whether a child-support obligor, who became disabled and applied for social security disability insurance (SSDI) benefits for himself and his dependents, may be reimbursed or receive a credit for past child-support payments. The obligor in this case argues his children received duplicative payments, bodi of which satisfied his child-support obligations for the period between his application for and the approval of the SSDI derivative benefits: One payment came directly from the obligor as…