California Court of Appeal August 28, 2001, No. B142886 (Carlton v. D'Alessandro)

Opinion

MALLANO, J.

In this family law case, the husband sought to reduce spousal and child support in connection with a request for custody of one of the children of the marriage. The trial court granted the custody request but increased the husband’s support payments based on two factors.

First, the trial court assigned the husband a tax filing status of “married filing jointly.