Trial court misapplied the child support statute by deducting unreimbursed business expenses from husband’s gross income for purposes of calculating his child support obligation rather than, if satisfied from the evidence that the unreimbursed expenses constituted an extraordinary factor, making an appropriate adjustment in the guideline award as allowed by statute, in action involving husband who was not self-employed but had sales job requiring significant necessary expenses for client development, which entailed client entertainment and overnight travel; husband, as a general employee, was not of the same kind, class, or nature as the employments explicitly mentioned in support statute.
http://opinions/kycourts.net/sc/2012-SC-000026-DG.pdf
Laura W. Morgan is the owner and operator at Family Law Consulting in Charlottesville, Virginia.Laura is available for consultation, brief writing and research on family law issues throughout the country. She can be reached through her website. www.famlawconsult.com
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