A crack in the foundation

— A Georgia court finds that state’s child support guidelines unconstitutional: NOW, THEREFORE, this Court hereby declares the child support guidelines codifed in section 19-6-15, O.C.G.A. (hereinafter, the “Guidelines”) to be null and void as the Guidelines violate numerous provisions of the Constitutions of both the United States and the State of Georgia for the … Continue reading “A crack in the foundation”

— A Georgia court finds that state’s child support guidelines unconstitutional:

NOW, THEREFORE, this Court hereby declares the child support guidelines codifed in section 19-6-15, O.C.G.A. (hereinafter, the “Guidelines”) to be null and void as the Guidelines violate numerous provisions of the Constitutions of both the United States and the State of Georgia for the reasons set forth below.

A Tennessee court made a similar finding:

This is an appeal by the State of Tennessee from a determination of the Juvenile Court of Knox County which held Tenn. Comp. R & Regs. 1240-2-4-.03(4), issued pursuant to T.C.A. 36-5-101, unconstitutional as violative of Section 1 of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Dee Ann Curtis Gallaher also appeals, contending that the Trial Court was in error in setting child support. We affirm the Trial Court in its finding the Regulation in question unconstitutional and vacate the judgment as to child support.

Under this reasoning, all child support formulae in the US have to be re-written. This is marvelous.