Opinion ID: 2334045
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Heading: step a determine the available net income for sola support

Text: SOLA is designed to apportion, as equitable considerations require, the income available to a support obligor after he has met his own primary needs and those of his dependents. See, e.g., I.B. v. R.S.W.B., Del.Fam., Civil No. A-3000, Melson, J. (November 10, 1977); Flaherty v. Fidance, Del.Fam., Civil No. B-2900, James, J. (January 8, 1980). Therefore, from the AVAILABLE NET FOR PRIMARY SUPPORT established in PART 1, STEP A, of the Child Support Calculation, Subtract: a. The primary support obligation calculated in PART 1, STEP C; b. Other primary support obligations owed to children of the support obligor not of the union between the parents in this case; c. Where the support obligor is remarried, or has other dependents as specified in 13 Del.C. § 505 [] , the support obligor may be entitled to a deduction for such a dependent before calculating the SOLA obligation.