Determination of Appropriate Income for Spousal Support:

A family-law lawyer approached us and asked us to examine the earnings of the spouse of one of their clients.  This spouse earned income from a complex series of corporate entities in which our client had a partial interest.  We quantified not only that income which was earned directly by the individual and was reflected in his personal income-tax filing documents, but we found adjustments that were required for non-arm’s length transactions and personal expenses which were deductible for income tax purposes but appropriately categorized as income for spousal- and child-support calculation purposes. 

Furthermore, we found not only the retained corporate earnings in the complex corporate structure, but further non-arms’ length transactions and personal expenses which required adjustments to the reported earnings in determining the appropriate basis for calculating spousal and child support. 

Our client is now being paid the proper spousal and child support on the basis of her spouses’ true earnings and the spouse did not successfully hide that income through the structure of their affairs.

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