In re Cervera

In this marital dissolution action, appellant Joseph Destein challenges the amount of guideline child support awarded. In significant part, the court derived the award by imputing a rate of return to appellants separate property real estate, which was non-income producing. Appellant contends the trial court erred principally because it had no discretion to impute income to non-income-producing investment assets. Because of the strong public interest in ensuring adequate financial support for children by their parents, we reject appellants request to graft this exception onto a statute whose clear text imposes no limitation on the courts discretion to impute income when in the childs best interests. We affirm the decision of the trial court.