Questão jurídica principal
Whether the wife could be imputed a full-time income from October 2008 instead of 70%
Decisão extraída
No. The wife could reasonably be expected to increase her work to 70%, but not to full-time, given her age, childcare duties, family division of roles, and the parties' comfortable standard of living.
Fundamentação extraída
The court stressed that capacity to work and reasonableness are distinct. It relied on the ongoing special care needs of the younger children, the wife's age and career history, the long marriage, and the protection of legitimate reliance on the spouses' chosen division of labor. It also noted that future employment prospects were uncertain.