Matter of Marriage of Koch

Mother appeals an order of the trial court awarding custody of the parties’ child to father and requiring mother to pay $50 per month in child support. She argues that she is not able to pay any child support, because her only source of income is $684 per month in Aid to Dependent Children (ADC) and $264 in food stamps and she has three other children from previous relationships to support. We affirm the award of custody, but vacate the child support award. We write only to address the application of the Uniform Child Support Guidelines to the support award. ORS 25.270 to ORS 25.285.

Although…