Children & Youth Services of Allegheny County v. Chorgo

BROSKY, Judge:

This appeal is from an order denying credit toward a support order for Social Security payments made to appellant’s children. Appellant contends that his child support obligation should be reduced by the amount of the Social Security retirement payments. We agree, but not as to the arrears which accumulated before the Social Security payments began. Accordingly, we reverse.

Children and Youth Services (CYS) commenced this action to enforce a support order and to compel the payment of arrearages. The court below held that the support order should continue at the prior rate; that…