667 So. 2d 1213 - Pendergrass v. Pendergrass’s Empirical Analysis

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7 state decisions

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1. “|/‘Income” means: [[Image here]] (c) The court may also consider as income the benefits a party derives from expense-sharing or other sources; however, in determining the benefits of expense-sharing, the court shall not consider the income of another spouse, regardless of the legal regime under which the remarriage exists, except to the extent that such income is used directly to reduce the cost of a party’s actual expenses.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 738 So. 2d 721 - State v. Holland · 786 So. 2d 193 - Kern v. Kern

2. “[u]nder these circumstances, basing the income calculation on an average of twelve months more accurately reflects the realities of [the] situation, and is the more equitable approach.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 786 So. 2d 193 - Kern v. Kern