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Brody v. Brody

Citations

  • 432 S.E.2d 20
  • 16 Va. App. 647
  • 9 Va. Law Rep. 1601
  • 1993 Va. App. LEXIS 221

How courts have described this case

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  • requiring the father to “produce evidence that was sufficient to ‘enable the trial judge reasonably to project what amount could be anticipated’ had the mother continued in her employment” (quoting Hur v. Dep’t of Soc. Servs., 13 Va. App. 54, 61, 409 S.E.2d 454, 459 (1991))
  • income may be imputed if children are in school, child care is available, and cost of child care can be determined
  • “Before imputing income to a party, the trial court must first determine the presumptive amount of child support under the guidelines.”
  • “Income may be imputed ‘to a party who is voluntarily unemployed or voluntarily underemployed.’ ”
  • “[A] trial court may impute income based on evidence of recent past earnings.”
  • “If a trial court imputes income to a party, it must make written findings explaining why imputed income to the party would make it unjust or inappropriate to award the presumptive amount of child support.”

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Judges: Barrow

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