CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW
...Child Support
......Current C/S Guidelines
.........Rebutting Presumptive Amount
............New-Mate Income
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Income of obligor parent's subsequent spouse or nonmarital partner shall not be considered when determining or modifying child support, except in extraordinary cases.

Trial court may only consider H's half of community income from investments when calculating child support obligation to W1.

Trial court may consider new mate income only when there is potential extreme hardship to child.

Amount of hardship granted is discretionary and reasonable to take into account new spouse's income in determining hardship deduction.

Income of new spouse must be considered to extent it is necessary to determine obligee spouse's actual/appropriate tax rate.

FC 4057.5, precluding consideration of new spouse income for child support purposes, does not prohibit consideration in determining supporting parent's actual tax liability under FC 4059.