· 8/9/2012
Daniel Sandlin v. Tamara Sandlin
Citations
- 972 N.E.2d 371
- 2012 Ind. App. LEXIS 378
- 2012 WL 3222354
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- holding that the trial court did not abuse its discretion by declining to impute income to the wife in determining child support
- noting that we do not reweigh the evidence or judge the credibility of the witnesses
- finding that trial court acted within its discretion to decline to impute income to mother where mother voluntarily left position with company to start own company
- noting there was no evidence suggesting the mother’s income was $1,067 per week and that the only portion of the record where this number appeared was the mother’s child support worksheet, and remanding with instructions to evaluate the evidence presented and determine the mother’s income
- “The Child Support Guidelines permit imputation to discourage parents—both the payor-non-custodial parent and the recipient-custodial parent—from avoiding significant child support obligations by becoming unemployed or taking a lower paying job.”
- “The Child Support Guidelines permit imputation to discourage parents—both the payor-non-custodial parent and the recipient-custodial parent—from avoiding significant child support obligations by becoming unemployed or taking a lower paying job.”
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Judges: Robb, Bailey, Mathias
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