Case name    : U.S. v. Dann

Case #          : No. 10–10191; July 22, 2011

Court             : United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

Reviewed by : Laura Morgan

Main issue     : Child Support

Child support arrears due to or held by the criminal defendant in this case was held by the defendant as a “conduit” for support for her children, and thus they could not be assigned to the victim of the defendant’s crime as restitution.

U.S. v. Dann

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