COM. DEPT. OF SOCIAL SERVICES v. HOGGE

Record No. 0770-92-1.

431 S.E.2d 656 (1993)

COMMONWEALTH of Virginia DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES DIVISION OF CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT on Behalf of Robin L. HOGGE v. Lewis Gerald HOGGE, Jr.

Court of Appeals of Virginia.

June 15, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Betsy S. Elliott, Senior Sp. Counsel (Div. of Child Support Enforcement, on brief), for appellant.

No brief or argument for appellee.

Present: BAKER, BARROW and BENTON, JJ.


BARROW, Judge.

Child support provides for the economic best interest of a dependent child; it is not a weapon with which to punish a parent. Accordingly, we hold that a trial court may not deviate from the presumptive amount of child support because a custodial parent has denied a noncustodial parent visitation with their child.

The child, in this case, resides with the mother in Michigan, where the parties were divorced in 1986. The Division of Child Support...

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