Departure from Current Income to Calculate Support
My question involves a marriage in the state of: California
While current income is typically used to calculate a party's prospective earnings, is there any authority for averaging income over several years? Or, under what circumstances can or will a court depart from using a party's current income to calculate support?
Re: Departure from Current Income to Calculate Support
When setting spousal support a court must consider actual income, but can take into consideration earning capacity -- although in most cases capacity is only considered when the supporting spouse has deliberately attempted to avoid family financial responsibilities. See, e.g., In re Marriage of Rosen (2002) 105 Cal.App.4th 808.