context: This aspect of Rubright may seem to be in tension with several cases holding that legal fathers whose biological paternity is disestablished should normally be granted only prospective relief from their child support obligations. But the tension is more apparent than real: Any potential overlap in child support obligations between a newly-established biological father and a former legal father may be remedied through reimbursement.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.identifier: 739 P.2d 1298, 1299
citation_a.parenthetical: "A parent's duty of support encompasses a duty to reimburse other persons who provide the support the parent owes."
citation_a.sentence: See Matthews v. Matthews, 739 P.2d 1298, 1299 (Alaska 1987) ("A parent's duty of support encompasses a duty to reimburse other persons who provide the support the parent owes.”) (superceded by rule in other respects).
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.identifier: 946 P.2d 446, 450
citation_b.parenthetical: recognizing that "child support arrearages are imposable by law from the date of a child's birth"
citation_b.sentence: See also Flanigin v. State, CSED, 946 P.2d 446, 450 (Alaska 1997) (recognizing that "child support arrearages are imposable by law from the date of a child’s birth”).