Prior to the Child Support Standards Act, there was a wide disparity of child support awards due to a lack of clear standards and formulas. In 1995, the Court of Appeals stepped in to provid guidance, offering two ways to calculate an award: One is by setting a cap and the other is by demonstrating proven costs. Authors Robert Dobrish and Lee Rosenberg offer their thoughts on this hot-button issue of why judges seem to favor the cap method over the other.
April 15, 2024 at 10:00 AM
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First, a little history. Child support guidelines were promulgated in 1989 as the Child Support Standards Act (CSSA). Their stated purpose was to eliminate the wide disparity of child support awards which resulted due to a lack of clear standards and formulas. The federal government created financial disincentives to those states which failed to enact a formulaic approach by a certain date and New York was no exception to the desire to accept such funding.
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