State Department of Children & Family Services ex rel. J.C. v. Charles

hi must respectfully dissent from that portion of the majority opinion finding that the juvenile court was correct in using Worksheet A to determine the child support award in this matter.

LSA-R.S. 9:315.9 mandates the use of Worksheet B to calculate child support in situations in which the parties have a “shared custody” arrangement. This statute defines “shared custody” as “a joint custody order in which each parent has physical custody of the child for an approximately equal amount of time.” Nothing in the statute’s definition makes the determination of whether the parties enjoy a “shared…