NY courts typically award a max of $23,000 a year in child support. How one 5-year-old got $47,000 per month:

In most New York child support cases, courts award no more than $23,000 a year to cover a child’s basic needs.

Then there is the 5-year-old son of billionaire businessman Francois-Henri Pinault, whose companies include Yves Saint Laurent and Gucci, among others, and millionaire model Linda Evangelista.

 

On Thursday, the parents will appear in Manhattan Family Court to begin a trial over child support payments with staggering sums at stake: Ms. Evangelista [...]