Clark v. Clark’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “In Schábauer v. Schabauer, 2003 SD 146, ¶ 17 , 673 N.W.2d 274, 278 , this Court noted “that alimony and child support are separate concepts. Child support provides for the maintenance of the children while alimony represents a suitable allowance to a party for his/her support.” Because the circuit court considered the number of children and the children’s standard of living in making an award of alimony, we reversed noting, “the amount of [wife’s] alimony should not have been governed by the presence of children in her household or their needs and standard of living.” Id. ¶ 18. “Rather, the amount should have reflected what was required for a suitable allowance to [wife] based upon an analysis of the factors applicable to awarding alimony.” Id. This Court instructed: Alimony and child support must be considered separately, and [husband’s] parental responsibility to provide for the maintenance of his children on the basis of the factors applicable to setting child support should not have been interwoven with his marital obligation to provide a suitable allowance for [wife’s] support. Id.”

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   e.g. Haanen v. Haanen