In re the Marriage of Stallman

¶1 Donald Stallman was ordered to pay child support for his three children. The order specified the *256amount to be paid each month for each child. Samuel, one of the children, died, and Donald reduced his monthly payment by subtracting the amount the order had specified for that child. Susan Stallman, Donald’s ex-wife, obtained a judgment against Donald for delinquent child support for Samuel under the theory that he could not unilaterally reduce his child support payment. The obligation to pay support terminated at the death of Samuel. Because the child support order segregated the total…