Luna v. Luna’s Empirical Analysis

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5 state decisions

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1. “1. ... the provisions of any decree respecting maintenance or support may be modified only upon a showing of changed circumstances so substantial and continuing as to make the terms unreason-able_ If the application of the guidelines and criteria set forth in supreme court rule 88.01 to the financial circumstances of the parties would result in a change of child support'from the existing amount by twenty percent or more, then a prima facie showing has been made of a change of circumstances so substantial and continuing as to make the present terms unreasonable. 2. When the party seeking modification has met the burden of proof set forth in subsection 1 of this section, then the child support shall be determined in conformity with criteria set forth in supreme court rule 88.01. [[Image here]]”

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

2. “[[Image here]] (e) ... There is a rebuttable presumption that the amount of child support calculated pursuant to Civil Procedure Form No. 14 is the amount of child support to be awarded in any judicial ... proceeding for ... child support. It is sufficient in a particular case to rebut the presumption that the amount of child support calculated pursuant to Civil Procedure Form No. 14 is correct if the court ... enters in the ease a written finding or a specific finding on the record that the amount so calculated, after consideration of all relevant factors, is unjust or inappropriate.”

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

3. “Child support need not in every case be in the form of regular monthly payments to the custodial spouse. The decree called for the [non-custodial parent’s] provision of medical insurance for the children, and for payment by the parents equally of uninsured medical expenses.... It is no valid exception to the child support provisions of a dissolution decree that it may ‘require payments by the supporting parent to third parties such as schools, camps, or health care providers.’”

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