Case Name: Susan Elizabeth HINSHELWOOD, Appellant, v. Ian Bruce HINSHELWOOD, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1990-06-07
Citations: 564 So. 2d 141
Docket Number: No. 89-980
Parties: Susan Elizabeth HINSHELWOOD, Appellant, v. Ian Bruce HINSHELWOOD, Appellee.
Judges: COBB and HARRIS, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 564
Pages: 141–142

Head Matter:
Susan Elizabeth HINSHELWOOD, Appellant, v. Ian Bruce HINSHELWOOD, Appellee.
No. 89-980.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
June 7, 1990.
Rehearing Denied July 23, 1990.
David A. Sims, Altamonte Springs, for appellant.
Michael Sigman, Orlando, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Susan Hinshelwood, the former wife, appeals a judgment requiring her to pay $300 per month child support for her two daughters whose custody was placed with the father. Although the child support guidelines are inapplicable since the parties' net income is approximately $52,000, the trial court appears to have based the child support award on the statutory formula. Although the mother, based on her obligation to the child, should provide some child support, because of the disparity in income between the parties and the fact that the mother has the children with her a substantial portion of the time, the amount awarded in this case is an abuse of discretion.
REVERSED and REMANDED for reconsideration of the child support amount.
COBB and HARRIS, JJ., concur.
W. SHARP, J., concurs specially with opinion.