LOUKO v. McDONALD

No. 10-238.

22 A.3d 433 (2011)

2011 VT 33

Jeremiah LOUKO v. Pamela McDONALD.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

March 18, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laura Bierley and Thomas F. Garrett , Legal Services Law Line of Vermont, Burlington, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Alicia S. Humbert , Office of Child Support, Waterbury, for Defendant-Appellant.

Present: REIBER, C.J., DOOLEY, JOHNSON, SKOGLUND and BURGESS, JJ.


DOOLEY, J.

¶ 1. The question in this case is whether a retroactive Social Security disability lump-sum benefit payment, paid directly to the children of a worker, may offset a child support arrearage. We hold that it can and affirm.

¶ 2. The relevant facts are not in dispute. The parties were married in 1988 and were divorced on February 7, 2002. Together they have two children, one of whom is emancipated. Mother, Pamela McDonald, was awarded sole...

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