CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW
...Child Support
......Amount
.........Financial Ability
............Earning Ability/Capacity
7 Cards On This Topic:

Court may consider parent's earning capacity if consistent with best interest of child.

Court may require parent to attend job/vocational training.

H properly attributed income based upon his being purposefully under-employed.

While actual income must be ••considered•• for child support purposes, so must parent's ability to earn.

"Opportunity to work" prong of test for professional or tradesperson with ability to be self-employed may be satisfied by self-employment rather than by "employer willing to hire."

W’s opinion testimony concerning H’s ability to work improperly disqualified.

Imputing income for child support purposes.