My question involves child support in the State of: California
I am filing for a visitation/support change in California against a CP who is self employed.
Gross income is $135k, but with business deductions ($10k for auto expenses, $10k for home office, etc) -- the CP is claiming an adjusted income of only $31,000 per year.
The CP also admits that they only work 15 or 20 hours per week, but blame that on a slowdown in their consulting business.
A salaried employee in the same field would be making $120,000 per year.
How do I fight this? Or can I? Do judges believe these types of accounting fiction, or do I stand a chance at having income imputed to a more realistic amount -- like that of the salaried equivalent?

