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Coghill v. Coghill

Citations

  • 836 P.2d 921
  • 1992 Alas. LEXIS 85
  • 1992 WL 158373

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that Rule 90.3 does not violate equal protection and due process
  • stating that trial court has discretion to choose method best approximating obli-gor's future earning capacity on basis of most complete evidence before it
  • stating that “the custodial and noncustodial parents are clearly not similarly situated for the purposes of child support”
  • holding it was not abuse of discretion for trial court to rely on financial information from 1989, as opposed to data from 1990, because older data was more complete
  • finding child support only implicates an economic interest and the rule satisfies rational basis review
  • holding Rule 90.3 does not violate equal protection and due process

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Judges: Rabinowitz, C.J., and Burke, Matthews, Compton and Moore

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