Emery v. Moffett

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• whether a child support order should be retroactive is entrusted to the discretion of the trial court and will be affirmed absent an abuse of discretion
• in the absence of a showing of bad faith, it is an abuse of discretion for a court to award retroactive child support when the evidence shows the obligated parent cannot pay retroactive support and still meet current obligations

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