CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW
...Child Support
......Amount
.........Financial Ability
............Inheritances/Gifts
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Absent evidence W's employment would trigger an end to regular gifts from her family, no abuse of discretion in assuming the gifts would continue.

Payments made by a party’s parents to their attorney which are not available to the party for other purposes and which have since ceased need not be included in the calculation of income available for support.

Gifts mother received from friend, including cash payments, were not a regular, recurrent monthly benefit representing income for purposes of calculating father's c/s obligation.

Historical cash advances from H's parents properly excluded as income for child support as there was no evidence that they would resume.

Trial ct. has discretion to include recurring gifts as income for child support.

Case List: Effect of inheritances or one time gifts on child support.