Nebraska Supreme Court On Effect Of Social Security Child's Benefits On Child Support

The Nebraska Supreme Court has held in Gress v. Gress that a father's child support obligation is not reduced by Social Security children's benefits received by the child. The child involved has Down Syndrome. It is not clear from the decision, but the benefits appear to be Supplemental Security Income disabled child benefits, rather than benefits on the father's account. Previously, the court had held in Ward v. Ward that a father was entitled to an offset for a child's Social Security benefits, even when those benefits were not on the father's account.