DCSS

Kenneth Marinos (Marinos) has seven children. Six are the subject of this appeal. They range in age from 8 to 15, and are from three different relationships. Marinos has failed to pay child support for approximately 15 years. Following the death of his mother, he became entitled to distributions from her trust. The Ventura County Department of Child Support Services (DCSS) and one of the three mothers, Stephanie Solace (Solace), obtained judgments against Marinos for arrearages and ongoing monthly support. DCSS and Solace seek to satisfy the child support judgments from Marinos’ interest in the trust. The trustee, Jeffrey C. Brown (appellant), has not satisfied the child support judgment, arguing that the trial court may not compel him to make trust distributions for child support. We disagree and affirm.

FACTS

The mothers of Marinos’ minor children are Solace (two minors), Chantel Bunch (three minors) and Sheri Marinos (one minor). On January 30, 1989, Solace obtained a paternity judgment by default against Marinos for the support of her minor twins, Alexander and Nicholas Marinos. The trial court ordered Marinos to pay monthly support of $220 per child and to…