In Re the Marriage of Fox

NEUMAN, Justice.

We granted further review to consider a challenge to a child support award that deviates substantially from our guidelines. In the decision under review, the court of appeals computed the guideline amounts owed by each party, offset them, and then reduced the father’s obligation further to reflect what it perceived to be a shared custodial arrangement. Because our de novo review reveals neither factual nor legal support for the formula used by the court of appeals, we vacate its decision and affirm the judgment of the district court.

Upon the dissolution of their marriage in…