LdiJ
Senior Member
If your husband is self-employed, then he is required, for tax purposes, to have good bookkeeping records. Therefore, he should have no problem proving his accurate income.Yes Basically I'm wondering if they will accept his word, I am just guessing that they would appreciate the fact that he is employed and is making money, I am employed full time as well, but my income is of course not counted towards his child support obligation. If he has to produce proof of this income, do you think it's acceptable that he simply tells them who all he has worked for? or produces invoices of some type? It's a difficult situation because there are clients who wouldn't use him if they can't pay him in this manner but we couldn't afford to lose those clients as they are his only source of income.... but at the same time I wouldn't want the court to require him to participate in a work program when he is gainfully employed... I'm just not quite sure what is best at handling this situation. We have 4 other children in our home, that we support as well. And he has joint custody with the ex, no problems there. We just need the child support modified because there is a big difference in making over a hundred thousand a year to about 1500 a month for him.
No, they will not take his word for it, but they will accept bookkeeping records and the documentation that backs up those records.
However, they may also consider him to be voluntarily underemployed, so there is no guarantee that they will not impute a higher income.