— Roger Gay comments on recent court decisions shutting down child support formulas (Men’s News Daily)
The judgment states three requirements for constitutionally acceptable child support decisions. Both parents have an equal obligation to support their children in accordance with their relative means to do so; regardless of their gender and custodial status. The amount awarded as “child support” must be limited to address only the need for financial support of dependent children. Child support awards must be rationally related to the relevant facts and circumstances of each case.
This is a good step in the right direction, but it will take 10 or 20 years before this kind of thinking comes to California.