Williams v. Williams

Francis E. Sweeney, Sr., J.

The issue certified for our review is: “Should a disabled parent’s child support obligation be directly set off by Social Security payments received on behalf of a minor child, or should the joint child support obligation of both parties be reduced by the amount of the Social Security payments?”

The appellate courts that have considered this issue have divergent views on whether an obligor disabled parent should receive credit against the child support *443obligation where the obligee parent receives Social Security payments on the child’s behalf as a result of the…