Court Opinion

ID: 9662868
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-23 23:20:35.86844+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:14:43.415700
License: Public Domain

Dale Price, Justice, concurring. I concur with the majority. However, for the benefit of the bench and bar I note that in the past some courts devised formulas by which child support would be determined in the future, for example, “32% of take home pay.” Two statutes now require that such a practice be abandoned. Ark. Code Ann. § 9-12-312(a)(2) (Supp. 1989), the family support chart statute, contemplates a fixed amount of support, as does Ark. Code Ann. § 9-12-314(b) and (c) (Supp. 1989), the statute discussed in this case. The latter statute contemplates that a child support order will be akin to a money judgment, and “a judgment ... for money should state the amount which the defendant is required to pay. . . .” Thomas v. McElroy, 243 Ark. 465, 420 S.W.2d 530 (1967). I concur.