The Appellate Court vacated and remanded the Family Court’s denial of a Motion for Contempt for Father’s failure to pay child support. The Family Court incorrectly placed the burden of proof on the Mother/obligee to prove an arrearage was owed. Once the child support obligation is established, the child support obligor, in this case Father, carries the burden of proof. The Family Court also failed to make the findings of fact required by CR 52.01.
Digested by Elizabeth M. Howell
