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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In over 10 years, I have never been able to prove my ex’s hidden income from his mother. She switched from checks to cash. I came close to proving he split expenses with a secret housemate, but the person moved out. I did prove he was renting out his basement using a Craigslist ad, but I couldn’t prove he actually received that amount.

At this point, I no longer care. I see it as a moral issue. God will catch up with him. [/quote]

None of those things would have affected child support. His mother can give him money, but to the taxable allowed amount a year, and it’s not considered income but a gift. Splitting expenses is also not a form of income. It’s how you allocate your money after you earn income. A person is allowed to allocate their resources as they see fit. Renting the apartment is the closest that would come to qualifying as income, but I have a rental unit and only the profit (not the rental amount) would be counted as income. For a shared home, once you deduct expenses, the share of split repairs, and depreciation, there would be very little taxable income on paper. It’s one of the great things about rental income in the tax code. [/quote]

I don't know about this. A friend of mine's father lives with her half the year and helps her pay the mortgage on her condo (California), and pays for his living expenses while there, including food and prorated utilities. Her child support was reduced because most of that money was counted as income.[/quote]

It depends on the judge.  My husband's ex is also in CA.  Her boyfriend pays all her bills and they didn't even look at expenses.  She filed to get my income calculated into child support.  Instead she lost alimony (been over years ago but he was decent and kept paying) and two kids off child support who were over 18.  They did reduce the child support with my income as he had to pay more in taxes as a higher tax bracket.  But, they refused to look at boyfriend's income or what he paid.

OP should not be expecting gifts from his family to be counted as income for child support. That is a gift, not income.  [/quote]

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