Sanders v. Lott

CAVANAUGH, Judge:

This case involves a sua sponte adjudicatory attempt to realign the import of our Child Support Guidelines and Federal Regulations concerning the payment of child support to children on welfare. The current way of treating the support of children whose custodial parent is on welfare embodies certain judgments as to what best fulfills the relevant social and economic goals of our society. The lower court order improperly attempts to change the current methodology and replace it with a practice it believes is more efficacious. We must conclude that the court’s calculation of…