Berge v. Berge

KAPSNER, Justice.

[¶ 1] Meryem M. Berge appealed from an amended judgment setting Mark A. Berge’s child support obligation at $572 per month. We conclude the trial court erred as a matter of law in calculating Mark Berge’s child support obligation, and we reverse and remand for recalculation of his net income accompanied by an explanation of how the court determined the amount.

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[¶ 2] • The parties married in 1981 and divorced in 1999. During the marriage, Mark Berge farmed near Litchville. At the time of the divorce, the trial court adopted the parties’ stipulation and property settlement…