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Increase in Parent's Income Justifies Reassessment of Child Support Obligation


Posted on Dec 26, 2008

In West v. West, the Court of Appeals held that the trial misapplied the correct formula for calculating the amount of child support due the parties' children, and reversed the trial court's decision to award the mother only $200.00 per month in child support. The Court of Appeals re-affirmed previous decisions holding that calculation fo the amount of child support under the statutory guidelines must be based on the parties' actual gross incomes, not what the parties may stipulate those incomes to be for each other.

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