Maturo v. Maturo

As attractive as the dissent’s liberation from the principles of the child support and arrearage guidelines (guidelines)* 1 may be for the family bench and bar in cases where the net income of the parties exceeds the amount set forth in the schedule of basic child support obligations (schedule), I find the reasoning of the plurality opinion’s adherence to the *138principles of the guidelines persuasive.2 I, therefore, join the plurality. I also note that applying only the statutory standard of General Statutes § 46b-84 (d)3 when the schedule is exceeded, in my view, provides a stronger case for…