What is the impact of high income parents on child support guidelines in the US?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Plester v. Plester, 1998 CanLII 6657 (BC SC):

The respondent also relies on a number of U.S. cases interpreting American child support guidelines in the context of high income parents. - The decision in Francis v. Baker

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