Reeber v. Reeber’s Empirical Analysis

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8 state decisions

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1. “In determining the ability of a noncustodial parent to pay child support, the trial court may properly consider both past and present earnings. In Re Marriage of Deatherage, 595 S.W.2d 36, 40 (Mo.App.1980). Direct proof of present employment and income is not in itself the only avenue of proof of ability to pay. Reeber v. Reeber, 680 S.W.2d 358, 359 (Mo.App.1984), “A court may, in proper circumstances, impute an income to a husband according to what he could have earned by the use of his best efforts to gain employment suitable to his capabilities.” Foster ¶. Foster, 537 S.W.2d 833, 836 (Mo.App.1976) (emphasis added).”

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