335 So. 2d 787 - Nelson v. Nelson’s Empirical Analysis
1976
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
November 1989
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Thornton v. Floyd · Fellows v. Fellows · 298 So. 2d 333 - Manuel v. Broderson · 307 So. 2d 779 - Fall v. Fontenot · Harris v. Harris
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“"An itemization of needs' of the child is merely one way of showing the needs of a child. A `child's needs' just does not lend itself to a `by-the-numbers' approach for resolution. There is no magic mathematical formula available to solve the problem. See Fall v. Fontenot, supra, 307 So.2d [779] at 781. There is not any one approach that is satisfactory in all cases. A case for child support, as the Poydras court recognized, [ 155 So.2d 221 (La.App. 1st Cir.1965)] and as we recognize `... must, of necessity, be determined on its own facts and circumstances...', Harris v. Harris, 127 So.2d 747 (La.App., 3 Cir. 1961); see also Litton v. Litton, 299 So.2d 458 (La.App., 2 Cir.1974)." 355 So.2d at 789 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“It is not only “free income” of the father that is to be considered in setting child support, it is the totality of the father’s financial ability and circumstances.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Singley v. Singley
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