COM. v. IVY

No. 2010-SC-000527-DGE.

353 S.W.3d 324 (2011)

COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, CABINET FOR HEALTH AND FAMILY SERVICES, and Larry Barnes, Appellants, v. Renee IVY (Now Knighten), Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

October 27, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa Frazier Osborne , Frankfort, KY, Deanna Wise Henschelm, Assistant McCracken County Attorney, Paducah, KY, for appellant, Commonwealth Of Kentucky, Cabinet for Health and Family Services.

Karen Alderdice , Paducah, KY, pro se.

Kathleen Kallaher Schmidt , Appeals Branch Manager, Frankfort, KY, for appellee.


Opinion of the Court by Justice ABRAMSON.

When Renee Ivy fell substantially behind in her child support payments, the Commonwealth's Cabinet for Health and Family Services (the Cabinet) moved the McCracken Family Court to hold her in contempt unless she could show cause for her failure to pay. At the hearing on the motion, Ivy presented evidence that her sole source of income is a federal benefit under the Supplemental...

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