Jones v. Jones

OPINION

DROWOTA, Justice.

This child support case presents a single issue for our consideration: whether the trial court erred in finding that the child support guidelines were inapplicable, and thereafter setting the child support at an amount approximately 30% less than that called for in the guidelines. For the reasons that follow, we conclude that the grounds relied upon by the trial court are insufficient to justify a downward deviation from the guidelines; therefore, we reverse the judgment of the trial court and Court of Appeals.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

The pertinent facts of this…