McCrady v. Mahon

The issue before us in this case is whether it was proper for the trial court to allow defendant a credit on his child-support order for voluntary payments made directly to his children.

In the predecessor to the present case, McCrady v. Mahon, 117 N.H. 762, 378 A.2d 1143 (1977), we held that accrued arrearages for child support could not be cancelled. Thereafter, a Master (Nicholas G. Copadis, Esq.) found that it would be inequitable not to credit the defendant with $3,687 for support payments he had paid directly to the children rather than through the State probation department as ordered.…