For more than 20 years now, family lawyers and trial judges have relied on the Connecticut Child Support and Arrearage Guidelines to determine appropriate child support amounts. But despite the trial court's broad discretion in domestic cases, there is a growing trend at the higher court level to upend child support awards that do not strictly adherence to those guidelines.
The guidelines are set forth in §46b-215a-1 et seq. of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, promulgated by the Commission for Child Support Guidelines. The goal is to provide uniformity in establishing adequate child support, and to promote equity and consistent treatment of parents. Presumptive child support figures are based on parents' net weekly income, the percentage of that income presumed to be spent on child support, and the number of children at stake. At present, the maximum number of children contemplated is six, and the highest net family weekly income is $4,000.
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