Pasternak v. Pasternak

BERMAN, J.S.C.

Because the new Child Support Guidelines took effect only on September 1, 1997x, not surprisingly this pendente lite support application raises a question not addressed before: is a monthly social security death benefit (resulting from the untimely death of Defendant’s first husband, Barry Krull) paid to the custodial parent considered “non-taxable income,” to be set forth on line 4 of the Guidelines Worksheets for sole parenting computation, or “government benefits for the child,” to be set forth on line 12?* 2

The Defendant/custodial parent, Regina Pasternak, contends the…