POTTS v. POTTS

No. 2-57453.

240 N.W.2d 680 (1976)

Lavaughn R. POTTS, Appellee, v. Dorothy L. POTTS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

April 14, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eldon L. Colton, Cedar Rapids, for appellant.

R. B. Wolfe, Mount Vernon, for appellee.

Submitted to MOORE, C. J., and LeGRAND, UHLENHOPP, HARRIS and McCORMICK, JJ.


McCORMICK, Justice.

This appeal concerns the effect on a disabled parent's child support obligation of social security disability payments made to his dependent children. We hold such social security payments may be credited against the parent's child support obligation during, but not beyond, the period of his disability. We reverse the part of the trial court's decree which allowed credit beyond the period of disability...

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