Court Opinion

ID: 9853543
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-24 05:50:02.70839+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:22:50.891348
License: Public Domain

HUITINK, Judge
(dissenting).
I respectfully dissent.
The amount of support provided by the guidelines is presumptively correct. This presumption, however, is rebuttable, and the amount may be adjusted upward or downward under the special circumstances of each case.
In making its award, the majority has failed to consider the resulting economic hardship imposed upon Jane. Although her earnings have increased, she will no longer be able to meet her reasonable subsistence expenses and pay child support in the amount awarded. I believe an increase to $300 per month is more realistic and more nearly does justice between the parties.