Humphrey v. Woods

ON PETITION TO TRANSFER

SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

Did the trial court err in ordering appellant Joseph Humphrey to pay the presumptive amount of child support called for by our state's guidelines? The Court of Appeals answered this question in the affirmative. Matter of Paternity of Humphrey (1990), Ind.App., 561 N.E.2d 502. With that particular conclusion, we agree. We reject the theory on which the Court of Appeals decided the case, however, and grant transfer.

*134Justin Humphrey was born February 19, 1989. His parents are Joseph Humphrey and Annette Woods. They were never married. Woods has…