Father With Severe Drop In Income Denied Support Reduction

In the case of Mooney v. Monney, the Virginia Court of Appeals, in an unpublished opinion, ruled that a Father, even though he testified that his income had been greatly reduced since the last court order requiring him to pay child and spousal support, was not entitled to reduce his support.  The Father could still start a new family, buy a new house, and purchase a time share in Aruba.  Father didn’t help matters by calling his accountant to testify about his financial circumstances.  Father didn’t make a complete disclosure of his financial circumstances and those of his business.  The accountant’s testimony was based only on what he heard from the Father.  Fifteen thousand ($15,000.00) fees award also proper.  As was the trial court’s conclusion that the Father was in contempt for not paying his support where his explanation revolved around only the aforementioned circumstances.