McWilliams v. McWilliams

I respectfully dissent. Our standard of review in support cases is unambiguous: we may not reverse the decision of the trial court absent a manifest abuse of discretion.

“In order to determine whether an abuse of discretion has occurred, we consider whether the lower court has misapplied or overridden existing law, made a manifestly unreasonable judgement, or ruled with partiality, prejudice, *600bias or ill-will. Among the principles of existing law that the lower court must apply is the principle that in determining a spouse’s support obligation, the factors to be considered are income,…