State on Behalf of Elsasser v. Fox

I respectfully dissent from the decision of the majority holding that the district court committed an abuse of discretion by *675not deviating from the Nebraska Child Support Guidelines and allowing Chad a deduction for his monthly student loan payments in computing his net monthly income. There is no precedent for such an allowance, and there is currently no case law which mandates such an allowance. Under these circumstances, I simply cannot find an abuse of discretion.

The majority cites no authority for granting a deduction for student loan payments in computing a parent’s child support…