Child Support Factors
Where, after adjusting their earned incomes for the amount of maintenance and support, the mother was being asked to support to two children and herself with less than half the funds available to the father, the award of maintenance and support was inadequate. In re Fairchild.
Where divorced wife received an increase in child support from 60$ a week to 34% of divorced husband’s monthly income of $1600, a new hearing was required since such increase was not supported by evidence, trial court overemphasized percentage of income formula and the financial situation of the divorced couple was not suitably determined. In re Cooper.
Evidence clearly showed needs of the child exceeding the amount awarded for support. Carney v. Carney.
It was apparent the court took into consideration the statutory factors, and in light of these factors, it was not an abuse of discretion to award petitioner $1,700 per month in child support because it was consistent with the standard of living these children would have enjoyed had the marriage not been dissolved, and the financial resources and needs of the parties. In re Tietz.
The trial court did not abuse it discretion by ordering supporting parent to pay 20% of his net income although his pay only increased 8% over the years. People ex. rel. Strokely v. Goodenow.
