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Smith-Clarke v. Clarke

Citations

  • 44 Mass. App. Ct. 404
  • 691 N.E.2d 596
  • 1998 Mass. App. LEXIS 48

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  • rejecting modification of child support to a date prior to filing complaint for modification
  • child support modification may be made retroactive to the date of notice of the complaint
  • reasonable for judge to disregard certain claimed items based on husband's lack of records substantiating claimed business expenditures
  • judge’s decision to reject husband’s reported business income and calculate gross income independently reasonable
  • due to lack of substantiation and commingling of personal and business expenditures, judge properly could disregard certain claimed business deductions from husband’s gross income or substitute a reasonable figure for others

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Judges: Armstrong

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