FORT LEE BERGEN COUNTY NEW JERSEY DIVORCE CHILD SUPPORT MEDIATION
When calculating child support, the New Jersey divorce judge erred in imputing income based on New Jersey wages to a parent who was living and working in a foreign country where wages were dramatically less than here. The family had been living in the foreign country and was visiting New Jersey when the parents separated. The father then returned to the foreign country and was unable to obtain a visa to come back to the United States. His child-support payment should have been based on what he could earn in the foreign country. Ibrahim v. Aziz, N.J. Super. (App. Div.); New Jersey App. Div., August 29, 2008