Wetzel v. Lark

How courts have described this case

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

• affirming trial court’s decision not to count as income money distributed to father by his company to purchase property because funds were not to enrich father and could not be used for his living expenses
• although noncustodial parent's income was over $90,000 per year, court ordered nominal child support because children's income exceeded their need
• although noncustodial parent’s income was over $90,000 per year, court ordered nominal child support because children’s income exceeded their need
• amount of child support should be based on policy of meeting needs of children and having them share family income
• if trial court’s construction of child support agreement is reasonable, it must be upheld
• “Although the court has discretion, the amount of child support should be based on the policy of meeting the needs of the children and having them share in family income”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).