<p>^^^</p>
<p>Correct and that has been mentioned upthread, more than once, that the amount she was seeking was based on NJ child support guidelines. The child support guidelines are income based because the legal system wants children of broken homes to have the same lifestyle that they would have had if there family had stayed intact. If a father makes $200,000/year and his ex-wife makes $40,000 then he’ll owe significantly more in support than in a case where the father makes $40,000 and his ex-wife makes $40,000 because in the first case the legal system wants the child to still be able to have the lifestyle of a child of a family making $240,000 vs a famiy making $80,000 per year in the later case. It’s a case of the legal system not wanting to punish a child for their parents failed relationship. As far as I know those guidelines have never been used to provide support for a child of an intact family, which is part of the reason this case made the news. But that’s where her lawyer got the amount from and it didn’t stem from the fact that she’s a self-entitled, greedy, brat, trying to take her parents for all they’re worth…I mean maybe she is or maybe she’s not, but the amount she asked for is no indication either way.</p>