Skodowski v. Skodowski
Trial court acted within its discretion in an “uncertain income” case where witnesses testimony regarding a range of income and trial court used income from prior to purchase of business.
Stevenson v. Stevenson
Husband failed to make proper disclosure of his income by not revealing that he was a trust beneficiary.
In Re Marriage of Carpenter v. Mumaw
Judgement ordering child support is not a garnishment, because it does not require withholding of funds from the payor’s check.
In Re Marriage of Luna v. Luna
Post-divorce income is not marital property under §767.255.
In Re Marriage of Gohde v. Gohde
Military Separation benefit is gross income under HSS 80.
Lendman v. Lendman
No bright line rule regarding retained earnings – court to decide on a case by case analysis whether retained earnings have to be considered income for maintenance purposes.
In Interest of A.L.W.
Holding that the court can consider the resources of a non-liable spouse in determining a liable person’s ability to pay for a dependent relative’s care is consistent with Poindexter and with Burger. Those cases held that the non-obligated spouse’s income can be taken into consideration in determining the liable spouse’s ability to pay, but cannot be used to satisfy the obligation.
Marriage of DeLaMatter v. DeLaMatter
No error by court in including overtime in husband’s income where there is evidence in the record that he earned overtime income on a regular basis.
Marriage of Langlois v. Langlois
(1) SSI is not available for child support, but (2) Seek-work order was appropriate and does not conflict with SSI program.
In Re Marriage of Burger v. Burger
Spouse’s income does not count for child support modification.
In Re Marriage of Harris v. Harris
Court has discretion to consider gifts as reducing need for maintenance.
In Re Marriage of Weiss v. Weiss
Payments of accounts receivable and contingent fee contracts from sale of interest in law firm are property division, not income, since they can be presently valued.
In Re Marriage of Kastelic v. Kastelic
Voluntary contributions to pension plan are included in income to determine maintenance.
Miller v. Miller
For purposes of setting alimony, court imputed income by using the rate of return of A-rated long-term bonds.
Rhymes v. Rhymes
Duty to support children is outweighed by parent’s decision to home school.
King v. Howard
Transaction bonus earned after separation but before the divorce was marital property.