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Fraudulent Tax Returns in Divorce Actions: Sword or Shield?
By Neil Cahn on March 12, 2014
Posted in Child Support (C.S.S.A.), Equitable Distribution, Tax Matters
It is certainly not a rare problem. When confronted with fraudulent income tax returns, what is a divorce court to do? Should they be used as swords or shields?
In her January 31, 2014 decision in Morille-Hinds v. Hinds, Supreme Court Queens County Justice Pam Jackman Brown appears to have disregarded the failure to report a husband’s income on the parties’ joint income tax returns when recognizing his claim to a 50% share of marital property. Nevertheless, those returns were honored when fixing the wife’s entitlement to child support.
The parties, both 54, married in 1993. The wife had commenced this divorce action in 2007. The husband had appealed from the 2009 decision of Judicial Hearing Officer Stanley Gartenstein who had awarded him only 15% of the marital property. The J.H.O. had also imputed to the husband an annual income of $80,000 for the purpose of determining his child support obligation. The Second Department reversed, holding that decision was patently unfair to the husband. The case was sent back for a retrial on the issues of equitable distribution and child support.
"Gross (Total) Income" for the Purposes of Child Support and Temporary Maintenance
By Neil Cahn on April 13, 2011
Posted in Child Support (C.S.S.A.), Maintenance, Tax Matters, Temporary (Pendente Lite) Relief
Have you looked at an IRS Form 1040 (pdf) lately?
Looking at the 1040 is supposed to begin the C.S.S.A. calculation for determining child support. For actions commenced on or after October 13, 2010, it is also the first step when determining temporary maintenance. When computing child support under either the Family Court Act or the Domestic Relations Law, the calculation starts with a determination of parental income. F.C.A. §413(c)(1) or D.R.L. §240(1-b)(c)(1). Determining parental income under either F.C.A. §413(b)(5)(i) or D.R.L. §240(1-b)(b)(5)(i) begins by looking at the:
gross (total) income as should have been or should be reported in the most recent federal income tax return.
The recent amendment to D.R.L. §237(B) adopts the C.S.S.A. definition to begin the calculation of a temporary support award under D.R.L. §237(B)(5-a)(b)(4):
“Income” shall mean:
(a) income as defined in the child support standards act . . . .
There actually is a line on the federal income tax return which reports the “total income.” It’s line 22:
Although “gross” income is a term in the statute, but not the 1040, its context is made clear when reference is made to the calculation of Adjusted Gross Income which begins on line 23.