Davis v. Office of Child Support Enforcement
Supreme Court of Arkansas
1Opinion of the Court
LAVENSKI R. Smith, Justice.
Appellant Martha S. Davis petistice. review a court of appeals decision affirming a Randolf County child-support order. The chancellor ordered Davis to pay $70.00 per month in child support to her ex-husband for their two children. Davis’s sole source of income is a monthly Supplemental Security Income (“SSI”) check from the federal government in the amount of $494. Davis argues that federal law both expressly and impliedly preempts any Arkansas law that might impose a child-support obligation on her SSI benefits. We reverse.
Facts
Davis and her ex-husband Randy Davis…
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