Trial court’s failure to include bonus income when calculating the parties’ base income and overall child support award constituted an abuse of discretion, where parties’ bonus income was not irregular or nonrecurring; trial court could not opt out of including bonus income in its calculations based solely on premise that reasonable needs and expenses of the children were otherwise satisfied without its inclusion.
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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