Black v. Ferlingere’s Empirical Analysis

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7 state decisions

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1. “OCGA § 19-6-15 provides a process for calculating child support which, pursuant to subsection (m), requires the necessary information used in that calculation to be recorded on the child support worksheet. Deviations from the presumptive amount of child support, as provided by OCGA § 19-6-15 (i), are to be set out in Schedule E of the worksheet. OCGA § 19-6-15 (b) (8). If the factfinder deviates from the presumptive amount of child support, certain specific findings of fact must be set forth in the child support order, including the reasons for the deviation, the amount of child support that would have been required if no deviation had been applied, how the application of the presumptive amount of child support would be unjust or inappropriate considering the relative ability of each parent to provide support, and how the best interest of the child who is the subject of the child support determination is served by a deviation from the presumptive amount. See OCGA § 19-6-15 (c) (2) (E) and (i) (1) (B).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Moore v. Moore.

2. “A trial court's oral pronouncement is not a judgment until it is put in writing and entered as the judgment. Although a trial court's oral pronouncements on the record may provide insight on the intent of its subsequent written judgment, discrepancies between the two pronouncements must be resolved in favor of the written judgment. Thus, the trial court's oral statements on the record were not binding.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 350 Ga. App. 723 - McIntyre v. Moss

3. “In addition to including the aforementioned specific findings of fact, the trial court must attach a completed child support worksheet and Schedule E to the child support order, incorporate those documents by reference into the order, or enter the pertinent information from those documents directly into the order itself.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Moore v. Moore.