Shelhamer v. Hodges
Annotate this CaseIn 1999, the Department of Public Health and Human Services, Child Support Enforcement Division (CSED) entered an order requiring Samuel Shelhamer to pay Tamara Hodges $74 per month in child support. In 2014, CSED modified the order and established Shelhamer’s monthly support obligation at $743 per month. Shelhamer, a warrant officer in the United States Marine Corps, requested an administrative hearing. After a hearing, CSED issued its final administrative order setting Shelhamer’s support obligation at $935 per month. The final decision included Shelhamer’s non-taxable basic housing allowance and non-taxable basic subsistence allowance in Shelhamer's actual income to calculate his child support obligation. The district court affirmed. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that a parent’s military housing and subsistence allowances should be included as part of the parent’s actual income when calculating child support obligations.
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