California Court of Appeal

For purposes of calculating child support: 1) the entirety of an undifferentiated lump sum personal injury recovery is not income for purposes of child support, and 2) the determination as to whether some portion of an undifferentiated recovery is allocable as income must be left to the discretion of the trial judge.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/27/2006
• Published 02/27/2006

Judges

• RIVERA, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• William F. Burns, Redwood City, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Garrett C. Dailey, Oakland, for Respondent.