Barbagallo v. Barbagallo

OPINION

By the Court,

Springer, J.:

In 1987 Nevada enacted a formula child support law, which provides that the “court shall apply the appropriate formula” in determining “the required support in any contested case involving the support of children.” NRS 125B.080. In the present case, a “contested case involving the support of children,” the trial court applied the appropriate formula and ordered Alfred Barbagallo, the father of the child, to pay, as his statutory obligation for support, eighteen percent of his gross monthly income. The father argues that he should not be ordered to pay the full…