How have courts treated the issue of child support in the context of property settlement agreements?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Estate of Vai, In re, 47 Cal.Rptr. 227 (Cal. App. 1965):
In Newman v. Burwell (1932) 216 Cal. 608, 15 P.2d 511, the contention was made that the obligation of the decedent under a property settlement agreement entered into with his wife to support their minor child constituted a purely personal obligation which terminated upon his death precluding any claim against his estate. The court referred to certain authorities including California cases and said:
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