Roberson v. Anderson

¶1Filed 2/23/99 by Clerk of Supreme Court

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¶3IN THE SUPREME COURT

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¶5STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA

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¶71999 ND 19

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¶11Royce Roberson, Director, McLean

¶12County Social Service Board

¶13ex rel. Nancy C. Nelson a/k/a

¶14Nancy Fehr, Nancy C. Nelson

¶15a/k/a Nancy Fehr, Julie Lynn

¶16Sirek, as guardian ad litem

¶17for M.S.A., a minor child,                               Plaintiffs

¶18  ----------------------                                           State of North Dakota,

¶19through the Regional Child

¶20Support Enforcement Unit,

¶21on behalf of Nancy C. Nelson,

¶22a/k/a Nancy Fehr,                                         Appellant

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¶24            v.

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¶26Scott E. Anderson,                           Defendant and Appellee

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¶29Civil No. 980263

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¶32Appeal from the District Court for McLean County, South Central Judicial District, the Honorable Dennis A. Schneider, Judge.

¶33REVERSED AND REMANDED.

¶34Per Curiam.

¶35Rhonda R. Pierce, Special Assistant State's Attorney, Regional Child Support Enforcement Unit, P.O. Box 5518, Bismarck, ND 58502-5518, for appellant.  Submitted on brief.

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¶38Roberson, et al. v. Anderson

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¶40Civil No. 980263

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¶42Per Curiam.

¶43[¶1] The Bismarck Regional Child Support Enforcement Unit appealed from a trial court judgment affirming a referee's decision to abate Scott E. Anderson's child support obligation "up to a maximum of two months per year in any month in which [Anderson] has the child for extended visitation of over 20 days per month."  The Child Support Enforcement Unit argues the referee failed to properly apply the child support guidelines.  We agree concluding Schumacher v. Schumacher, 1999 ND 10, is dispositive of this appeal.  In Schumacher, at ¶ 8, we explained "[t]he child support guidelines expressly prohibit the abatement of support obligations during temporary periods in which the child resides with the non-

¶44custodial parent."  See alsoEdwards v. Edwards, 1997 ND 94, ¶ 15, 563 N.W.2d 394.  We therefore summarily reverse under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(b) and remand to the trial court for proper disposition of this action consistent with Schumacher, at ¶ 8.

¶45[¶2] Gerald W. VandeWalle, C.J.

¶46Carol Ronning Kapsner

¶47Mary Muehlen Maring

¶48William A. Neumann

¶49Dale V. Sandstrom

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