DOWLING v. SZYMCZAK

No. 18922.

72 A.3d 1 (2013)

309 Conn. 390

Lauren DOWLING v. Luke SZYMCZAK.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided July 23, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Shields, Jr. , with whom were Wesley W. Horton and, on the brief, Kenneth J. Bartschi , Hartford, and Carla Barone , for the appellant-appellee (defendant).

Campbell D. Barrett , with whom was Jon T. Kukucka , Hartford, for the appellee-appellant (plaintiff).

ROGERS, C.J., and NORCOTT, PALMER, ZARELLA, EVELEIGH and McDONALD, Js.


McDONALD, J.

Connecticut's child support guidelines (guidelines); see Regs., Conn. State Agencies § 46b-215a-1 et seq.; generally reflect the principle that "the proportion of household income spent on children declines as household income increases." Child Support and Arrearage Guidelines (2005), preamble, § (e)(4)(A), p. iv. This principle is reflected in the guidelines' schedule of basic child support obligations (schedule), which supplies presumptive...

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