In re Angley-Cook

The respondent, John W. Cook, appeals an order of the Superior Court (Burling, J.) ordering him to pay $659.00 per month under the child support guidelines and refusing to give him credit for monthly payments of $762.00 in Social Security retirement dependency benefits received by the petitioner, Denise Angley-Cook, on their child’s behalf. We vacate and remand.

The parties divorced in 1993, with the petitioner retaining custody of their minor child. When the respondent turned sixty-five he began receiving Social Security retirement benefits and the petitioner began receiving Social Security…