Court of Appeals of Washington July 3, 2000, No. 44264-3-I (In re the Marriage of Bell)

Agid, C.J.

When Samuel and Kimberley Bell divorced in 1998, a King County Superior Court ordered Samuel to pay $400 in monthly child support for the couple’s two children. In arriving at this amount, the court deviated more than 50 percent from the standard support calculation largely because of Samuel’s support obligations to two other children from a previous relationship.