Schuler v. Schuler

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• affirming denial of alimony modification where judge found “at the time of the modification hearing [payor spouse] had the ability to make the payments”
• relying upon “the general rule that where the support provider is earning less than he could with reasonable effort, the trial judge may consider potential earning capacity rather than actual earnings”
• noting reliance cannot be deemed reasonable when alleged misrepresentation is “palpably false”
• affirming attribution of income to 14 husband who, after being terminated from job, chose \to wait indefinitely upon the limited prospect of becoming president of a corporation\ instead of taking readily available position as engineer
• “where the support provider is earning less than he could with reasonable effort, the trial judge may consider potential earning capacity rather than actual earnings”
• ownership of valuable assets may be considered when determining payor’s ability to pay child support

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).