Unfortunately these days, Justice is many times only a case of which side has the better lawyer...not what is right or wrong.
It doesn't work anything like that at all nowadays. The federal government provides funding to states in proportion to the amount of child support ordered. To get funding, states must use formulae, called "child support guidelines" to calculate the amount of child support to be awarded. In response every state uses a formula the produces arbitrarily high amounts. It's as though every woman in the country has a miracle worker for a laywer, and every man represents himself. It doesn't matter how much he spends on a lawyer or who his lawyer is.
You have likely missed other related news stories on child support. They don't even care if the man ordered to pay child support is the father or not. See
Governor Gray Davis: The California Weenie, and
Virginia Child Support Panel to Suggest Increase; Special Interest Influence Apparent for example.
No I am aware of the current state of child support right down to the formulas....still I have seen cases where the better attorney can help defeat justice..such as hiding income, assets, etc, getting someone to admit paternity without a DNA test etc...I am also aware the slippery slope of child support is a game for some which I posted at #50:
http://www.paternityfraud.com/