Jarvis v. Jarvis

[¶43] Because the majority ignores controlling North Dakota precedent, is contrary to federal and state legislative and administrative history, mischaraeterizes the holdings of cited eases, and invites the problems unfettered discretion created for children, I dissent.

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[¶ 44] In Dickson v. Dickson, 1997 ND 167, ¶ 17, 568 N.W.2d 284, we said:

[T]he court’s order of additional payment of noncovered medical expenses is an upward deviation from the guideline amount. N.D. Admin. Code § 75-02-04.1-09(2) provides a list of criteria that would justify a deviation from the amount of child support as…