Key legal question
Whether the husband should be imputed a higher hypothetical income for child support
Extracted holding
No. The appeal failed to show that the first instance erred by relying on the parties' actual jointly earned income and the husband's current work capacity; a higher hypothetical income was not established.
Extracted reasoning
The appellate court found the wife's criticism largely appellatory. She had not argued hypothetical income before the first instance. The new payroll documents were inadmissible novelties. The parties had jointly chosen and lived with a modest income structure, and that was the relevant basis for maintenance.