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MATTER OF MARRIAGE OF COPE

No. 34149, CA 14619; SC 27563.

631 P.2d 781 (1981)

291 Or. 412

In the matter of the Marriage of Philip Francis COPE, Petitioner, AND Dorothy E. Cope, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Oregon.

Decided July 28, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kent W. Day, Coos Bay, argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Cameron C. Thom and McInturff, Thom & Collver, Coos Bay.

Blair J. Henningsgaard, Coos Bay, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was Bedingfield, Joelson & Gould, Coos Bay.

Dave Frohnmayer, Atty. Gen., and William F. Gary, Sol. Gen., Salem, filed a brief Amicus Curiae on behalf of the Dept. of Human Resources.

Before DENECKE, C.J., and LENT, LINDE, PETERSON, TANZER and CAMPBELL, JJ.

CAMPBELL, Justice.

This case involves the sole question of whether or not social security payments for the benefit of a child resulting from the father's eligibility and paid directly to the mother should be credited to the father's support obligation.1

When the parties' marriage was dissolved, the decree awarded custody of their three-year-old son to the mother. The father was required to make child support payments in the amount...

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