What is the test for determining child support under the California Child Support Guidelines?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from In re Iannitti v. Iannitti, B222328, Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. YD055401 (Cal. App. 2011):
"The law is well established that '[the] father's duty to support the children does not end with furnishing the mere necessities of life if he is able to afford more. Children are entitled to be supported in a style and condition consonant with the position in society of their parents. [Citation.]' [Citations.]" (Singer v. Singer (1970) 7 Cal.App.3d 807, 813.) The guidelines set forth a complex formula to calculate child support based, in part, on the relative affluence of the parents. ( 4053, subds. (c)-(e), 4055.) The support
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