Focus (Forum & Focus)
Aug. 30, 2007
Parent Trap
Focus Column - By Mitchell A. Jacobs and Karen Brown - Two recent 6th District Court of Appeal decisions are changing the standards for what can and cannot be counted as income for the purpose of child support.
By Mitchell A. Jacobs
and Karen Brown
In two recent 6th District Court of Appeal decisions, the court ruled on the appropriate exercise of judicial discretion by the trial court to 1) make a guideline support award after imputing income based on the best-interests-of-the-children standard and 2) determine "special circumstances" justifying deviance from guideline child support under Family Code Section 4057(b...
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