remand to the trial court for further consideration consistent with this opinion. Reversed and remanded. 1 . Child support guidelines were established by Congress to assure that both the child's needs and the parent's ability to pay are considered in determining the amount of support awards and to decrease the disparity in the amount of awards.... In accord with the Federal law, 42 U.S.C.A. § 667(a), the Virginia General Assembly enacted a statute incorporating the guidelines. Code § 20-108.2. As originally enacted, the guidelines were not binding on trial courts. 1988 Va. Acts c. 907. However, in order to make its program of family support "more effective in achieving its objectives,” Congress amended 42 U.S.C.A. § 667 to require that the amount of child su 505, 509 (2008) (en banc) (<HOLDING>); Broadhead v. Broadhead, 51 Va.App. 170, 181,
holding that absent an actionable injury to one spouse the other spouse cannot recover for loss of consortium holding in a contested divorce where each spouse is independently represented by counsel the fiduciary relationship terminates holding that although a spouse may have had a right to apportion military retirement benefits at one time the act requires the spouse to assert that right before entry of a finalized divorce decree or waive the right to the benefits holding that a previously unemployed spouse was not required to obtain immediate employment upon divorce holding that spouse was not required to return to work immediately upon divorce to avoid judicial imputation of income