Johnson v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “The subsistence needs of the nonprimary care provider must be taken into account when establishing the parental support obligation. If the annual gross income of the nonprimaiy care provider is less than the federal poverty guideline, the nonprimaiy care provider's weekly parental support obligation for each child for whom a support award is being established or modified may not exceed 10% of the nonprimary care provider’s weekly gross income, regardless of the amount of the parties' combined annual gross income. The child support table includes a self-support reserve for obligors earning less than $12,600 per year. If the nonprimary care provider's annual gross income, without adjustments, is in the self-support reserve, the amount listed in the table for the number of children is the non-primary care provider's basic support obligation, regardless of the parties' combined annual gross income. The nonprimary care provider’s proportional share of childcare, health insurance premiums and extraordinary medical expenses are added to this basic support obligation.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Jarvis v. Jarvis

2. “Gross income may include the difference between the amount a party is earning and that party’s earning capacity when the party voluntarily becomes or remains unemployed or underemployed, if sufficient evidence is introduced concerning a party’s current earning capacity.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Jarvis v. Jarvis