In Re Marriage of Comer

Opinion

GEORGE, C. J.

In In re Marriage of Damico (1994) 7 Cal.4th 673, 676 [29 Cal.Rptr.2d 787, 872 P.2d 787] (Damico), we held that a custodial parent’s concealment of his or her own whereabouts and that of the parent’s child until the child reached the age of majority may estop that parent from seeking payment of child support arrearages that accumulated during the period of concealment. We expressed no opinion in Damico as to whether a similar rule of estoppel would apply “when the concealment ends while the child is still a minor and might yet benefit from payment of the arrearages.” (Id.…