Booth v. Booth

The issues presented in this appeal concern whether the trial court’s orders of child support and division of property constitute an abuse of discretion.

The defendant-appellant husband contends that the trial court abused its discretion by failing to deviate from the Child Support Guidelines in such a way as to achieve an equitable award. The husband submits that the higher cost of living in the New York City area where he resides should have been fully taken into account, because the child support payments he must make as ordered by the trial court total $100 per month more than he has left…