CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW
...Child Support
......Amount
.........Financial Ability
............Legitimate Income Reduction
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In absence of statement of decision, additional income not imputed to part-time employed party to whom full-time employment available.

Failure to impute additional earning capacity to parent who operated small business on quasi-self-employed basis affirmed, even though years before he made substantially more in same line of work.

Quitting job to move to simpler life in lower cost-of-living area found not to be intentional depression of income.

Where paying spouse recently unemployed, better to continue hearing for reasonable period to better evaluate efforts to become employed.

Need not attribute higher income to paying spouse who leaves job to accept lower paying governmental position.