CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW
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Child Support
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Current C/S Guidelines
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Rebutting Presumptive Amount
............Unjust to Apply Formula (Special Circ.)
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Presumptive amount may be rebutted by showing guideline would be unjust or inappropriate due to special circumstances particular case.
If custodial parent's desire to work at lower paying job to spend more time with children results in a shift in support costs to other parent, it is a factor that may be considered in setting child support.
Where guideline c/s would be detrimental to welfare of child by making it more difficult for mother with minimal timeshare to reunify, no abuse of discretion to deviate and make an above-guideline order.
Unjust or inappropriate to apply guideline c/s for an adult child who is away at college and for whom neither parent has “physical responsibility.”
Roommate’s rental payments should be considered as money available to H so that C could spend fairly equal time with both parents in habitable surroundings.
Court’s concern for F’s financial situation and its impact on on-going ability to care for C justified reduction in retroactive support payments.
Court erred in reducing presumptively correct c/s amount based on high consumer debt as special circumstance.
Court has discretion to set child support obligation at less than presumptive amount where father supports other children and has large preexisting consumer debt.
FC §4055 child support amount may be rebutted by showing that applying formula would be unjust or inappropriate due to special circumstances; court has discretion to reduce [FC §4057].
Court can't consider spousal support received from party to child support proceedings as special circumstance justifying departure from guideline.
Curtailing non-custodial parent's discretionary expenses not an "injustice" justifying child support award lower than required under Uniform Guidelines.
Addition of 'supplemental child support' payable to attorney to presumed child support in absence of finding of special circumstance is error.
Discretion to deviate from guidelines pursuant to FC §4057.5 cannot overcome specific prohibition in FC §4057.5 (b)(2) against considering new mate income.
Court abused discretion in departing from guideline support by considering adopted minor's developmental history as "special circumstance."