Court Opinion

ID: 9524075
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 02:49:51.71901+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:08:49.360696
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SANDSTROM, Justice,
concurring specially.
I agree with Curtis Horner that the public interest may be served by adjusting for a higher cost of living when it is necessary to secure a higher income, provided the adjusted higher income yields an increased benefit to the children. Such a change in policy would need to confront the difficulties in implementing it, and the benefits would need to outweigh the detriments.
I agree with the majority that the policy would need to be set by the legislature on the department. See Helbling v. Helbling, 541 N.W.2d 443, 449 (N.D.1995) (Sandstrom, J., concurring in the result).
I concur in the result.