597 So. 2d 1216 - Smith v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “Prior to the enactment of the support guidelines, awards of support rested wholly within the discretion of the trial court. The standard of review in support cases was a showing of “abuse of discretion” by the trial court judge. Dickinson v. Dickinson, 461 So.2d 1184 (La.App. 3 Cir.1984). The support guidelines were enacted to offer the trial court a general foundation on which it could build an award suitable to the individual needs and capabilities of the parties. Thus, the trial court must still retain some discretion so that it may properly apply the support laws to the various factual circumstances that arise from case to ease.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 872 So. 2d 1200 - Treitler v. Brownlow