KNICKERBOCKER v. NORMAN

No. 90-2908SI.

938 F.2d 891 (1991)

Leo KNICKERBOCKER, Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Appellant, v. Nancy NORMAN, Individually and in her capacity as Commissioner of the Department of Human Services; Chris Ill, Individually and in her capacity as Bureau Chief of the Iowa Child Support Recovery Units, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided July 11, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard R. Gleason, Dubuque, Iowa, argued; Christine M. Luzzie, Iowa City, Iowa, on brief.

Julie F. Pottorff, argued; Gordon E. Allen, on brief, Des Moines, Iowa, for appellee.

Before ARNOLD and LOKEN, Circuit Judges, and FLOYD R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge.


FLOYD R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge.

This case presents the question whether a right to collect child support payments that has been assigned to a state agency continues to be "child support" under federal law in order that such a right may be enforced against federal disability benefits. Appellant Knickerbocker appeals the district court's1 affirmative answer to this question. We affirm the district court.

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