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· 3/21/1990

In the Matter of Marriage of Jonas

Citations

  • 788 P.2d 12
  • 57 Wash. App. 339
  • 1990 Wash. App. LEXIS 107

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that a parent who stopped working to attend school was voluntarily unemployed
  • holding both husband, who was unemployed while attending school, and wife, who was capable of employment but chose to remain at home to care for children, were voluntarily unemployed and remanding matter to determine child support based upon earning capacity
  • imputing income to mother who chose to stay home with children, explaining: \No matter how legitimate their reasons ... each [parent] is accountable for earnings foregone in making the choice to be unemployed.\

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Judges: Worswick

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