Opinion ID: 2036008
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Text: EXPATRIATE COMPENSATION Lana contends that the district court erred in failing to include Robert's expatriate compensation in Robert's gross monthly income for purposes of child support and alimony. A review of Robert's pay stubs reveals that his expatriate compensation is counted as income. Paragraph D of the Nebraska Child Support Guidelines defines total monthly income as income derived from all sources, except all means-tested public assistance benefits which includes any earned income' tax credit and payments received for children of prior marriages. The guidelines are very specificall income from all sources is to be included except for those incomes specifically excluded. Not excluded under the guidelines is compensation meant to offset a spouse's increased cost of living while residing in a different locale. We conclude, therefore, that Robert's expatriate compensation is income for purposes of support calculations.