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“Child support awards are within the discretion of the trial court and will not be disturbed on appeal absent an abuse of that discretion.” ¶ 4 (App. 2010).

–26, ¶¶ 7, 9 (App. 2010).

¶ 10 (App. 2010) (holding that a request from a party to order child support is not only absent from A.R.S.

Child Support ¶4 “Child support awards are within the discretion of the trial court and will not be disturbed on appeal absent an abuse of that discretion.”

–26, ¶¶ 7–9 (App. 2010).

-26, ¶¶ 7, 9 (App. 2010).

¶ 9 (App. 2010) (retroactive support requires the superior court to “apply the guidelines to the factual circumstances as they existed in the previous 8 RYAN v. RUBALCABA Decision of the Court months for which the cour

Retroactive child support is mandatory from the filing of the petition, even if a party does not request it, and requires the court to “apply the guidelines to the factual circumstances as they existed in the previous months for which the court is ordering child support.” ¶¶ 9-10 (App. 2010).

§ 25-320(B); -26, ¶ 7 (App. 2010).

¶ 6 (App. 2010) (“The best indicator of legislative intent is the plain language of the statute.”).

§ 25-1306.A (emphasis added); ¶ 6 , (“If the intent is clear and unambiguous from the plain language then we give it effect and do not use other methods of statutory interpretation.”).

§ 25-320(B); ¶ 5 (App. 2010) (holding that motion for temporary orders regarding child support preserved issue of retroactive child support for purposes of decree).

§ 25–320(B), child support is typically retroactive to the filing of the dissolution petition, although the family court does have the discretion to make an award retroactive to the parties’ separation based on “all relevant circumstances.” ¶ 9

(court will not interpret statute in manner rendering any word, phrase, or clause meaningless); , (“We presume the legislature did not intend to write a statute that contains a void, meaningless, or futile provisio