In a family trial following divorce, the court determined whether the respondent stood in the place of a parent to the applicant's two children from a prior marriage, whether income should be imputed after the respondent quit work and relocated to Poland, and the corollary support and property consequences.
Applying the governing in loco parentis framework, the court found the respondent had formed a new family, sponsored the children as step-sons, and assumed parental obligations.
The court further found the respondent was intentionally unemployed and imputed annual income of $50,000.
Child support of $29,720, an equalization payment of $25,009, and lump sum spousal support of $5,000 were ordered to be paid from trust funds held from the sale of the matrimonial home.
