In Re Marriage of Cowan

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• concluding, consistent with the “majority” rule, that “a credit for [derivative] Social Security benefits does not retroactively modify the disabled parent’s monthly child support obligation: it merely changes the source of the payments” (emphasis added)
• noting \the majority of jurisdictions faced with this issue have not allowed the application of excess benefits to reduce arrearages\ and adopting a consistent rule
• crediting Social Security benefits paid to children because change in source of payment did not amount to “a retroactive modification of the . . . original child support order”
• credit for derivative Social Security benefits not an improper retroactive modification
• discussing a similar case history
• same, citing Weaks as authority

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