R.C. v. J.S.

OPINION BY

BOWES, J.:

¶ 1 The question presented on appeal is whether child support can be suspended based upon a temporary institutionalization of the child. We answer that inquiry in the negative and therefore reverse.

¶ 2 This action concerns the support obligation of J.S.,1 Appellee (“Father”), for his minor son, J.E.S. (“James”), who was born on September 12, 1994. On March 14, 1997, an order was entered providing that Father was required to pay support for James in the amount of fifty dollars per month. At that time, James was in the sole custody of his mother, R.C. (“Mother”). On…