Commonwealth, Cabinet for Health & Family Services v. Ivy

*326Opinion of the Court by

Justice ABRAMSON.

When Renee Ivy fell substantially behind in her child support payments, the Commonwealth’s Cabinet for Health and Family Services (the Cabinet) moved the McCracken Family Court to hold her in contempt unless she could show cause for her failure to pay. At the hearing on the motion, Ivy presented evidence that her sole source of income is a federal benefit under the Supplemental Security Income program (SSI). That benefit, she argued, is not adequate to meet her own needs, much less her support obligation as well. The trial court reduced Ivy’s support…