Appellant Mary M. Colonna (Mother) and Appellee Robert J. Colonna (Father) were married in 1983 and separated in 1996... At the time of separation, the parties agreed to a temporary order of shared legal and physical custody, pursuant to which the children lived three and one half days per week with each parent. They later amended the agreement to provide that the children would alternate between parental homes on a weekly basis. On November 19, 1997, the trial court ordered Father to pay . . child support and to provide health insurance for Mother and the children. By Order dated May 4, 1998, the trial court awarded primary legal and physical custody to Father during the school year, and primary legal and physical custody to Mother during the summer. Mother has partial custody of one or more of the children on Tuesday and Thursday during the school year, and Father has partial custody of one or more of the children on Tuesday and Thursday during the summer. The parties alternate holidays and weekends throughout the year, and each parent has two weeks with the children for summer vacation. On July 24, 1998, Father sought to terminate child support on the basis that he was now the children's primary custodian....

Questions:

1. What is the parties' custodial arrangement?
2. Why does the court reference the custody statute given that this is a support case?
3. How does the court justify the support award?
4. What reasons does the dissent give for objecting to the decision?
5. What philosophical concerns does the dissent raise?