Opinion ID: 2598842
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: March, April, and May

Text: The trial court calculated child support for the months of March, April and May as if the parents had shared custody of both Jarrod and Jameson and Edward [had] primary custody of Justin. Edward argues that court's calculation was erroneous for each of the following three reasons:
2. With regard to March and April, rather than considering Justin and Jamie separately, the former under primary custody guidelines (Rule 90.3(a)), the latter under shared custody guidelines (Rule 90.3(b)), the court should have considered them as one unit and averaged the amount of time they spent with each parent to determine which custody guideline to use. Because Justin was with Edward 100% of the time and Jamie was with Edward 50% of the time, this would result in Edward having both children 75% of the time and would, so Edward argues, require the use of Rule 90.3(a). 3. With regard to May, Jamie was in the primary physical custody of Edward, and the court erred in using the shared physical custody formula. Edward's first point is correct for the reasons described above. The grandparents are entitled to support for Jarrod from each parent. Edward's second point is not correct. The trial court correctly decided that Jamie and Justin presented a hybrid custody situationJamie in shared custody and Justin in sole custodythat should be governed by the formula we used in Turinsky v. Long. [5] Under that formula, primary and shared custody support amounts are offset using percentages that are prorated for the total number of children. [6] Winona's primary support obligation for Justin would be $201.73 per month ($22,007 × .33 × 1/3 × 1/12) while Edward's support obligation for Jamie as calculated above is $121.70. Offsetting these figures, Winona owes Edward monthly support of $80.03 for March and April. Edward's third point is clearly correct. Jamie was in the sole physical custody of Edward for May. For May, Edward was the primary custodian of Justin and Jamie. Winona owes him $403.46 for this month (22,007 × .33 × 2/3 × 1/12).