Court Opinion

ID: 7549805
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-29 05:40:34.014561+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:24:00.377483
License: Public Domain

CIACCIO, Judge,
concurring.
The majority expresses the opinion that “The suspensive obligation to pay support was improperly incorporated into the judgment because the adoption never took *1217-1225place.” I am of the opinion that it was not “improper” to structure the support judgment in this manner, rather, it was error for the trial judge not to recognize the effect of the suspensive condition. The settlement agreement was incorporated, by reference, into the support judgment. The obligation to support Christopher was predicated upon a suspensive condition, namely, Christopher’s adoption by Mr. Gardner. The condition never took place. Accordingly, the support judgment, as it affects Christopher is suspended until the adoption occurs.
*1216Fathers and mothers, by the very act of marrying, contract together the obligation of supporting, maintaining, and educating their children.
*1217-1225For these reasons, I respectfully concur.