Kusterer v. Kusterer

Daniel J. Kusterer, the former husband, appeals a Final Judgment of Modification and Order of Contempt increasing his child-support obligation, finding him in contempt, and awarding attorney’s fees and costs to Appellee, Lorrie A. Nelson, the former wife. Lacking the benefit of the recent decision in Zold v. Zold, 911 So.2d 1222 (Fla.2005), the trial court adopted a bright-line rule by including “pass-through” income from the former husband’s Subchapter S corporation (that allegedly was not actually distributed to shareholders) in determining the former husband’s available “income” within the…