One Published Familly Law Opinion from Ky Court of Appeals May 16, 2014:Hempel v. Hempel. When child support is reversed on appeal, overpaid child support cannot be recouped unless there is an accumulation of benefits not consumed for support. If the ove

Hempel v. Hempel.  When child support is reversed on appeal, overpaid child support cannot be recouped unless there is an accumulation of benefits not consumed for support. If the overpayments have already been expended to benefit the child, no recoupment is allowed, even when a fund equivalent to child support is available. A college fund would not be equivalent to child support even if equivalency were allowed.