Legal Opinion

Nia v. Nia

Court of Appeals of Arizona

Decided June 15, 2017No. 1 CA-CV 16-0380 FCPublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

McMURDIE, Judge:

¶ 1 Marjan H. Nia (“Mother”) appeals from a superior court order modifying Ai H. Nia’s (“Father”) child support obligation, By affirming the child support order, we hold that (1) once the superior court determines there is a substantial and continuing change in circumstances, the court must apply the Arizona Child Support Guidelines, Arizona Revised Statutes (“A.R.S.”) section 25-320 app. §§ 20,24 (2015) (“Guidelines”), and then decide whether to deviate from the amount calculated pursuant to the Guidelines; (2) there is not a presumption for deviation based on a…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Trantor v. FredriksonArizona Supreme Court · 1994
  2. Marriage of Little v. LittleArizona Supreme Court · 1999
  3. Miller v. SchouSupreme Court of Florida · 1993
  4. Schroeder v. SchroederArizona Supreme Court · 1989
  5. In Re the Marriage of ClyattMontana Supreme Court · 1994

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