Tracye Jenae Simpson (Brogden), et al. v. Ralph Edward Simpson - Concurring and Dissenting

I concur in much of the judgment and rationale of the majority opinion. I agree with the majority’s statement “that the five payments made directly to the child totaling $2,740 were gratuitous or otherwise should not be considered as a credit against Father’s child support obligation.” I also agree with the majority’s treatment of Father’s issues pertaining to (1) the trial court’s refusal to permit Father to testify regarding child support payments made by him “when he had no documentary evidence supporting the amount of those payments,” and (2) the trial court’s award of attorney’s fees. However, I disagree with the majority’s judgment that Father should be granted credit against his general $60 per week child support obligation to Mother for payments made by him “at the direction of [Mother].”