· 8/29/2007
Stallworth v. Stallworth
Citations
- 738 N.W.2d 264
- 275 Mich. App. 282
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- noting that the trial court is in the best position to judge witness credibility and stating that this Court will not second-guess credibility determinations
- providing the trial court reasonably deduced that the defendant derived additional income that he did not report per the plaintiff’s testimony regarding the defendant’s cash earnings, which factored into the court’s child support calculation
- discussing court’s authority to impute income for the purposes of child support
- applying the criteria in an appeal regarding child and spousal support
- “We review for an abuse of discretion a trial court’s discretionary rulings that are permitted by statute[.]”
- “[D]efendant earns more than double what plaintiff earns in a year, which demonstrated his ability to contribute to plaintiff’s attorney fees.”
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Judges: Kelly, Markey, Murphy
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