130 Md. App. 13 - Allred v. Allred’s Empirical Analysis

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13 state decisions

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1. “When the statute and case law speak of the inapplicability of the Guidelines to cases involving monthly parental income of more than $10,000, it is clear that they mean that the numerical component of the Guidelines does not apply. We underscore that, even in an above Guidelines case, “[t]he conceptual underpinning” of the Guidelines applies. As we said earlier, the Guidelines are founded on the premise “that a child should receive the same proportion of parental income, and thereby enjoy the standard of living, [that] he or she would have experienced had the child’s parents remained together.” That rationale is no less applicable here, merely because this is an above Guidelines case.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 153 Md. App. 358 - Malin v. Mininberg

2. “(v) 1. If the court determines that the application of the guidelines would be unjust or inappropriate in a particular case, the court shall make a written finding or specific finding on the record stating the reasons for departing from the guidelines. 2. The court’s finding shall state: A. the amount of child support that would have been required under the guidelines; B. how the order varies from the guidelines; C. how the finding serves the best interests of the child; and D. in cases in which items of value are conveyed instead of a portion of the support presumed under the guidelines, the estimated value of the items conveyed.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 165 Md. App. 445 - Beck v. Beck

3. “We are not suggesting that in the proper case, a court could not impute as gift income to a parent the parent’s roommate’s payment of a portion of rent and expenses. If, for example, the payments exceeded the roommate’s fair share of the rent, they may confer a benefit of the excess on the parent. Also, we are not suggesting that the court could not consider a parent’s roommate’s payment of a portion of rent and expenses in determining ... whether application of the guidelines would be unjust or inappropriate.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Workman v. Workman