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FATHER’S CHILD SUPPORT OBLIGATION DID NOT CEASE UPON MOTHER’S DEATH; MATERNAL GRANDFATHER’S PETITION SEEKING TO BE MADE THE CHILD-SUPPORT PAYEE RETROACTIVE TO MOTHER’S DEATH PROPERLY GRANTED (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department determined father’s child support obligations did not cease upon the death of mother. The maternal grandparents were awarded sole custody of the child. The maternal grandfather’s petition seeking to be made the payee of father’s child support was properly granted, retroactive to the date of mother’s death:

Since a child support obligation is owed to the child, not to the payee spouse, “the death of the payee spouse does not terminate the obligation” … . Here, the death of the mother did not terminate the father’s continuing obligation under the order of support dated December 4, 2014, to support the children. It would be contrary to the statutory scheme of the Family Court Act and the important public policies it embodies for the father to no longer be liable for unpaid child support payments accrued after the mother’s death where, as here, “he neither had custody of the child[ren] nor sought to otherwise modify his child support obligation during the relevant period” … . Matter of Sultan v Khan, 2020 NY Slip Op 02929, Second Dept 5-20-20

 

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