In any proceeding to establish or modify child support, the total support obligation
shall be presumed to be the amount of child support needed, from which a parental
support obligation shall be calculated and ordered to be paid unless support is established
under section 659 of this title. The court shall review the adequacy of a child support amount agreed to by the
parties with reference to the total support obligation. (Added 1985, No. 180 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 1, 1987.)
LaMothe v. LeBlanc, 2013 VT 21 (Vt. 2013). · cites it 4דThe guidelines calculation is presumed to reflect the amount of child support needed, 15 V.S.A. §§ 655, 659(a), and is unquestionably an important factor in the overall child support order even in the case of an order deviating from the guidelines.”
Ainsworth v. Ainsworth, 574 A.2d 772 (Vt. 1990). · cites it 2דSee 15 V.S.A. § 655; see also Williams, Guidelines for Setting Levels of Child Support Orders, 21 Fam.”
Grimes v. Grimes, 621 A.2d 211 (Vt. 1992). “15 V.S.A. § 655. As noted above, the Legislature has authorized modification of child support orders where there is a “real, substantial and unanticipated change of circumstances,” including where the child support amount varies more than 10% from that calculated under the…”
Merch. v. Merch., 2015 VT 72 (Vt. 2015). “See 15 V.S.A. § 655 (parental support obligation calculated based on total support obligation); id.”
Merch. v. Merch., 199 Vt. 406 (Vt. 2015). “See 15 V.S.A. § 655 (parental support obligation calculated based on total support obligation); id .”
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