DOLL v. BARNELL

Nos. A04-925, A04-1146.

693 N.W.2d 455 (2005)

In re Sheila Marie DOLL, Respondent. County of Stearns, Respondent, v. Joseph Jerome BARNELL, Appellant, State of Minnesota, by its Department of Human Services, Intervenor. In re Susan D'Ann Strandmark, Respondent, v. Randall James Starr, Appellant, Anoka County, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

March 22, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sheila Marie Doll, Deerwood, MN, pro se respondent.

Richard J. May, Assistant Stearns County Attorney, St. Cloud, MN, for respondent Stearns County.

Thomas B. James, Cokato, MN, for appellant Barnell.

Mike Hatch, Attorney General, Erika Schneller Sullivan, Cynthia B. Jahnke, Assistant Attorneys General, St. Paul, MN, for intervenor State of Minnesota.

Susan D'Ann Strandmark, Andover, MN, pro se respondent.

Robert M.A. Johnson, Anoka County Attorney, Janice M. Allen, Assistant County Attorney, Anoka, MN, for respondent Anoka County.

Mark A. Olson, Olson Law Office, Burnsville, MN, for appellant Starr.

John Remington Graham, Comte de Lotbiniere, Quebec, GOS 1Z0 Canada, for amicus curiae R-KIDS of Minnesota.

Considered and decided by HALBROOKS, Presiding Judge, HUSPENI, Judge, and CRIPPEN, Judge.


OPINION

CRIPPEN, Judge.*

In these consolidated child-support disputes, appellants Joseph Barnell and Randall Starr argue that Minnesota's child-support guidelines violate the United States Constitution's Supremacy, Due Process, and Equal Protection Clauses. Appellant Barnell also argues that the district court (1) abused its discretion in setting his child-support obligation at an excessive amount absent a finding that he was...

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