Volume 19: Monthly Net Disposable Income $180,000-$199,000 | Children Ages 1-5

Exceptional Income: Testing Guideline Formula Boundaries

Jeremy J. Salvador’s nineteenth volume addresses support calculations for parents whose monthly earnings substantially exceed statewide norms. This resource serves practitioners handling celebrity dissolution proceedings, parents questioning whether calculated obligations reflect reasonable child support, judicial officers weighing deviation arguments, and appellate specialists establishing precedent for guideline application at exceptional income levels.

Volume 19 charts obligations for monthly net disposable income between $180,000 and $199,000, covering one to five children. The volume provides comprehensive analysis of whether the guideline formula was intended for application across all income levels or implicitly contemplates reasonableness limitations. Calculations address competing policy considerations: ensuring children share in parental prosperity per § 4053(g), preventing support amounts divorced from actual child-rearing costs, and maintaining guideline formula’s integrity as a mandatory rather than discretionary calculation.