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I Remarried.  Will my new spouse\u2019s income change my child support?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The California Family Code prohibits the court from considering a new spouse\u2019s income<\/a> when determining or modifying child support, except in an \u201cextraordinary case\u201d where excluding the new spouse\u2019s income will lead to \u201cextreme and severe hardship\u201d to the children subject to the child support<\/a> award. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Extraordinary Case<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

An \u201cextraordinary case\u201d is not defined, but Family Code Section 4075.5<\/a> states that an extraordinary case can include situations where a spouse is suppressing their income in light of their new spouse\u2019s income. \u00a0For example, an extraordinary case may involve the spouse internationally remaining unemployed or underemployed in reliance on their new spouse\u2019s income. Likewise, an extraordinary case may involve a parent who voluntarily quits work or reduces their hours due to their new spouse\u2019s income. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even in such an \u201cextraordinary case\u201d the court will not look to the new spouse\u2019s income in calculating child support<\/a> unless exclusion of the new spouse\u2019s income will lead to an \u201cextreme and severe hardship\u201d upon the children benefiting from the child support award. \u00a0Even if the exclusion of the new spouse\u2019s income does lead to extreme and severe hardship for the supported children, the court must also consider whether the inclusion of the new spouse\u2019s income in calculating child support will lead to an extreme and severe hardship for the new spouse\u2019s children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Actual Tax Liability<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Finally, the court\u2019s can consider the new spouse\u2019s income for the limited purpose of determining the parent\u2019s actual tax liability in calculating disposable income for child support.  In effect, the new spouse\u2019s income on the joint tax return may alter the tax liability of the parent and thus have an effect on the parent\u2019s disposable income and by extension the calculated child support award.  For example, if the new spouse earns enough to push the couple into a higher income tax bracket, the parent\u2019s higher tax liability may result in less disposable income.
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I Remarried.  Will my new spouse\u2019s income change my child support? The California Family Code prohibits the court from considering a new spouse\u2019s income when determining or modifying child support, except in an \u201cextraordinary case\u201d where excluding the new spouse\u2019s income will lead to \u201cextreme and severe hardship\u201d to the children subject to the child […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":16,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sacramentofamilylawlawyers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sacramentofamilylawlawyers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sacramentofamilylawlawyers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sacramentofamilylawlawyers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sacramentofamilylawlawyers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sacramentofamilylawlawyers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":533,"href":"https:\/\/sacramentofamilylawlawyers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions\/533"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sacramentofamilylawlawyers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sacramentofamilylawlawyers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}