Sallaberry v. Sallaberry

In this appeal, the husband challenges the trial court’s final judgment of dissolution of marriage. We write only to address the trial court’s calculation of income imputable to the husband.

The parties were married for seventeen years and had one son. The husband owns a copy machine repair business. The husband sells copy machine parts, performs warranty repairs, and makes hourly service calls. Evidence at trial showed that the monthly marital household expenses totaled roughly $5,000 for the years preceding the separation. The evidence also supported the claim that the husband paid these…