Child Support Guidelines

In a Decision –       Colella v. Colella,,  (an Unpublished Opinion) >>   the Court Held:

The Appellate Division addressed the Family Part decision that terminated child support based solely on the parties' daughter's resident on campus during the academic year.
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TCJA does not affect Child Support per se; rather, the fact that Alimony is no longer deductible to the Payor nor included to the Payee as to new Divorces (and certain modified Divorces) renders the Child Support Guidelines different than would have been under the old laws inasmuch as the available income to each party shall now be different.

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In a  Decision – Trenholm v Trenholm. (an "Unreported Decision") >>   the Court Held:

The trial court determined that in a mater seek a specific line-item change, no new income/expense information nor Case Information Statement requirement exists.

The Father ceased exercising overnight Parenting Time. The Mother simply sought to eliminate the overnight parenting time credit. Mother had not filed a new updated Case Information Statement with the Court as part of the Motion, nor had she alleged or established any other “substantial change of circumstances,” The  Court found that the Mother’s application for a support modification is meritorious, and the Court may appropriately consider and grant her application for relief regarding the parenting time credit, even without the inclusion of an updated case information statement or any other substantial change in circumstances.
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In a  Decision – P.S. v J.S. - (an "Unreported Decision") >> 

 the Court Held:

The Trial Court heard arguments on the question as to whether there was an obligation contribute a limited sum of additional funds, above and beyond basic guideline-level child support, to help defray the costs of their teenage daughter’s acting-related expenses and other extracurricular activities.
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