Legal Opinion
Nash v. Nash
Court of Appeals of Arizona
Decided July 23, 2013No. Nos. 1 CA-CV 12-0039, 1 CA-CV 12-0076, 1 CA-CV 12-0077PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JOHNSEN, Chief Judge.
¶ 1 This is an appeal from a child-support order entered in the dissolution of a marriage of two persons of considerable wealth. We hold the superior court in such a ease may not limit child support to an amount required to meet the children’s minimal needs. To the contrary, child support should permit the children of such a marriage to continue to enjoy the reasonable benefits they had while their parents were married. Because the superior court did not apply this principle, we vacate and remand its child-support order. Addressing two post-decree orders also at…
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