East v. Matthews

OPINION

HALL, Judge.

¶ 1 The question raised in this appeal is whether a family court abuses its discretion in making a determination of child support in a paternity action when it chooses not to consider the standai’d of living a child would have had if she had lived with both of her parents. For reasons that follow, we conclude that it does.

BACKGROUND

¶ 2 Jamie Lee East brought this paternity action against Gary Matthews, Jr. following the bix’th of their daughter in 2004. Matthews is a professional baseball player. It was established in the family court that his income is appx’oximately…