Trial court could not prohibit mother from applying for governmental assistance for children, as a condition to award of child support from father; condition had nothing to do with present financial circumstances of the parties or the needs of their children, did not represent any statutorily authorized basis for a deviation from the presumptive amount of child support, but instead was trial court’s improper attempt to make a pre‑determined finding about an alleged future change in the financial circumstances of the parties that would justify a modification of child support.
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