Retroactive Child Support Awards: Heads I Win, Tails You Lose?
The calculation of a retroactive periodic child support award to the wife and offsetting that award with credits for a retroactive award to the husband for the wife’s unpaid share of add-on expenses was the subject of the September 30, 2020 decision of the Appellate Division, Second Department in Levi v. Levi.
The parties were married in 2003 and had two children. On May 7, 2014, the husband commenced this action for a divorce.…