Cobb

This is an appeal by the State of Washington from a judgment for the establishment of child support. The trial court reviewed Civil Code section 4727, part of the Agnos Child Support Standards Act of 1984 (hereinafter Agnos Act or Act) and declared it to be a violation of the constitutional guarantee of equal protection of the law. It therefore made an award lower than that provided for in the Agnos Act. We reverse the judgment.

FACTS

The defendant Jerry Loye Cobb, Jr., and Katherine Cobb were married on December 27, 1980. As a result of that union the minor child Joshua Cobb was bom on March 7, 1981. Thereafter, a judgment of dissolution of their marriage was filed in Riverside County in April 1985. A previously filed stipulation by the parties concerning custody and visitation was incorporated into the judgment. In November 1984, the mother and the minor child began receiving public assistance (aid to families with dependent children, hereinafter AFDC) in the State of Washington.

At the July 24, 1985, hearing, the parties stipulated that the minor child was on public assistance in the State of Washington, that defendant’s net disposable income was $1,578 per month,…