Rubin v. Della Salla

I respectfully dissent from the dismissal of the mother’s cause of action for child support because the majority’s rigid application of the statute sacrifices *74the child’s well-being at the altar of an arithmetic formula. It forces the child to bear the economic burden of his parents’ decisions, even where, as here, the child, whose father is a millionaire, is in danger of living in poverty, solely to preserve uniformity and predictability in child support awards. I do not believe this result is what the legislature intended in drafting the Child Support Standards Act (CSSA), especially since…