West Virginia Supreme Court· 3/12/1986

Kimble v. Kimble

Citations

341 S.E.2d 420
176 W. Va. 45
1986 W. Va. LEXIS 431

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observing that, with respect to child support payments, “custodial parent’s role [ijs trustee for the child beneficiary” (citation omitted)
observing that, with respect to child support payments, \custodial parent's role [i]s trustee for the child beneficiary\ (citation omitted)
holding that a custodial parent may be barred by the principle of equitable estoppel from seeking enforcement of child support arrearage when the noncustodial parent executed a formal consent for the child’s adoption in exchange for the release of that decretal obligation
“A decretal child support obligation may not be modified, •suspended, or terminated by an agreement between the parties to the divorce decree.”
agreement “confounds public policy”; remanded on question of support obligations and for determination of child’s best interests
\The execution of consent to the adoption of a child by its custodial parent and the custodial parent's current spouse is alone insufficient to terminate a noncustodial parent's decretal obligation to make child support payments.\

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