P.O.P.S., a Washington Non-Profit Corporation v. Booth Gardner, Governor, State of Washington Richard Thompson, Secretary, Washington Department of Social & Health Services Washington State Office of Support Enforcement, Defendants

998 F.2d 764 P.O.P.S., a Washington non-profit corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Booth GARDNER, Governor, State of Washington; Richard Thompson, Secretary, Washington Department of Social & Health Services; Washington State Office of Support Enforcement, Defendants- Appellees. No. 91-36118. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted June 10, 1993. Decided July 29, 1993. Steve W. Berman, Betts, Patterson & Mines, Seattle, WA, for plaintiff-appellant. Kathryn L. Kafka, Daniel Radin, Asst. Attys. Gen., Seattle, WA, for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. Before: FARRIS, FERGUSON, and D.W. NELSON, Circuit Judges. FARRIS, J., Circuit Judge: 1 Parents Opposed to Punitive Support challenged the constitutionality of the Washington State Child Support Schedule. The district court granted the State's motion for summary judgment. The court ruled that the Schedule did not violate the Equal Protection or the Due Process Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment. 2 We affirm. FACTS 3 Congress has mandated that each state develop presumptive child support guidelines. See 42 U.S.C. § 667 (b)…