Dye v. White, 90,378
| Court | United States State Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma. Court of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma |
| Citation | 1999 OK CIV APP 20,976 P.2d 1086 |
| Docket Number | No. 3,No. 90,378,90,378,3 |
| Parties | 1999 OK CIV APP 20 Denise D. DYE, Plaintiff/Appellee, v. Coleman E. WHITE, Defendant/Appellant. Court of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma, Division |
| Decision Date | 15 January 1999 |
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v.
Coleman E. WHITE, Defendant/Appellant.
of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma, Division No. 3.
Division No. 3.
Appeal from the District Court of Tulsa County; Sarah Day Smith, Judge.
AFFIRMED.
Rodney B. Sparkman, Department of Human Services, Tulsa, Oklahoma, For Plaintiff/Appellee.
Steven W. Vincent, Tulsa, Oklahoma, For Defendant/Appellant.
BUETTNER, Presiding Judge.
¶1 Defendant/Appellant Coleman E. White appeals from an order establishing paternity and awarding child support. White challenges the inclusion of his veterans' disability benefits in his gross income under the child support guidelines. We will review a child support order to determine if it is just and equitable. Thrash v. Thrash, 1991 OK 32, 809 P.2d 665. Whether income is properly included in gross income for purposes of computing child support is a question of law. Thomas v. Thomas, 1996 OK CIV APP 151, 932 P.2d 54. Because we find no error of law, and the order is equitable and just, we affirm.
¶2 Plaintiff/Appellee Denise D. Dye, a resident of Virginia, filed a Uniform Support Petition in March 1995 for establishment of paternity and child support for L.M.D., born July 29, 1988. The petition alleged that Dye and White were never married. Dye attached the required affidavit alleging that White is the father of L.M.D.
¶3 White was given notice of the hearing to establish paternity and child support but did not appear. A default judgment was entered against White August 14, 1996. The order found that White is the natural father of L.M.D. The default judgment noted that DHS had insufficient information with which to complete the child support computation form. The court therefore ordered White to pay $350 per month in child support as requested in Dye's petition. The court also ordered White to pay $26,600 to reimburse Dye for child support from April 1990 through July 1996.
¶4 White filed a motion to vacate default judgment September 5, 1996. Although no order vacating the judgment appears in the record, the trial court ordered a pre-trial conference for January 15, 1997. The only issue before the trial court, and on appeal, is whether veteran's disability compensation for service-incurred injuries may be included in White's gross income for purposes of computing child support. The parties briefed the issue for the trial court. In its order filed
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October 10, 1997, the trial court included White's veteran's disability pay in his gross income and ordered White to pay child support of $300.00 per month, as well as $12,591.00 for past child support. The order included the required child support guidelines computation form.¶5 White alleges that the court erred in including his disability payments in computing the child support award. White's argument is based on 38 U.S.C. § 5301 which provides, in part:
Payments of benefits due or to become due under any law administered...
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