In late July, 2024, the Appellate Court issued a decision in Wald v. Cortland-Wald, which has perplexed many family law attorneys and judges. Before the Wald decision was issued, it seemed like a matter of common sense that it was perfectly acceptable to issue child support orders in an amount that deviates from the “presumptively correct amount” under the child support guidelines by checking the box on the official worksheet promulgated by the Commission for Child Support Guidelines signifying that the deviation was based on the expressly permissible deviation criterion of “shared physical custody.”