PACANA v. STATE

No. S-7594.

941 P.2d 1263 (1997)

Henry Abella PACANA, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Department Of Revenue, Child Support Enforcement Division, ex rel, Betty Lee Watts Pacana, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

July 25, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Regan and James J. Davis, Jr., Alaska Legal Services Corporation, Anchorage, and Robert K. Hickerson, Anchorage, for Appellant.

Terisia K. Chleborad, Assistant Attorney General, Anchorage, and Bruce M. Botelho, Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellee.

Before COMPTON, C.J., and RABINOWITZ, MATTHEWS, EASTAUGH, and FABE, JJ.


OPINION

EASTAUGH, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Henry Pacana appeals a superior court ruling denying him credit against his child support obligations for Social Security disability benefits paid on his behalf to his children. We conclude that the credit should have been allowed.

II. FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

Henry Pacana and Betty Lee Watts were married in May 1980. They had three children: Patrick, born in 1983, Nathan...

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