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KATHERINE M. STRAIT, : IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF
Plaintiff : CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
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v. : DOMESTIC RELATIONS SECTION
: PACSES NO. 639104710
CRAIG SCHILLING, :
Defendant : DOCKET NO. 669 SUPPORT 2002
IN RE: EXCEPTIONS OF DEFENDANT TO SUPPORT MASTER’S REPORT AND
RECOMMENDATION
ORDER OF COURT
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AND NOW
, this 15 day of December, 2014, after consideration of the
Exceptions filed by Defendant, the Exceptions filed by the Plaintiff, the briefs filed by the
parties, and after a de novo hearing held on June 12, 2014;
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED AND DIRECTED
that the Exceptions of Defendant to
DENIED
Support Master’s Report and Recommendation are .
IT IS HEREBY FURTHER ORDERED AND DIRECTED
that the Exceptions of
GRANTED IN PART
Plaintiff to the Support Master’s Report and Recommendation are
AND DENIED IN PART.
Specifically, Plaintiff’s First through Twelfth and Fourteenth
GRANTED
Exceptions are, although the specific values Plaintiff includes differ.
DENIED
Plaintiff’s Thirteenth Exception is .
The interim Order of September 4, 2013, is modified as follows:
1. For the period of June 2, 2012, through April 25, 2014, the Defendant shall
pay to the Pennsylvania State Collection and Disbursement Unit as support
for his daughter, Brittany M. Schilling, born February 23, 1997, the sum of
$590.69 per month.
2. The Defendant shall pay to the Pennsylvania State Collection and
Disbursement Unit the additional sum of $51.00 per month on arrears.
3. The Plaintiff shall provide health insurance coverage for the benefit of said
child as is available to her through employment or other group coverage at a
reasonable cost.
4. The monthly support obligation includes cash medical support in the amount
of $250.00 annually for unreimbursed medical expenses incurred for said
child. Unreimbursed medical expenses of said child that exceed $250.00
annually shall be allocated between the parties. The party seeking allocation
of unreimbursed medical expenses must provide documentation of expenses
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to the other party no later than March 31 of the year following the calendar
year in which the final medical bill to be allocated was received. The
unreimbursed medical expenses are to be paid as follows: 55% by Defendant
and 45% by Plaintiff.
5. Expenses incurred for psychological counseling for the child shall be treated
as medical expenses pursuant to Pa.R.C.P. 1910.16-6(c).
By the Court,
_______________________
M. L. Ebert, Jr., J.
Bradley Griffie, Esquire
Attorney for Plaintiff
Craig Schilling, Pro Se
Defendant
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KATHERINE M. STRAIT, : IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF
Plaintiff : CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
:
v. : DOMESTIC RELATIONS SECTION
: PACSES NO. 639104710
CRAIG SCHILLING, :
Defendant : DOCKET NO. 669 SUPPORT 2002
IN RE: EXCEPTIONS OF DEFENDANT TO SUPPORT MASTER’S REPORT AND
RECOMMENDATION
OPINION AND ORDER OF COURT
Ebert, J., December 15, 2014 –
A de novo hearing was held before the Support Master on August 1, 2013,
(hereinafter “Support Master Hearing”), after which the Support Master filed his Report
and Recommendations. The Support Master made the following recommendations:
A. The Defendant shall pay to the Pennsylvania State Collection and
Disbursement Unit for the support of his daughter, Brittany M. Schilling,
born February 23, 1997, the sum of $509.00 per month.
B. The Defendant shall pay to the Pennsylvania State Collection and
Disbursement Unit the additional sum of $51.00 per month on arrears.
C. The Plaintiff shall provide health insurance coverage for the benefit of
said child as is available to her through employment or other group
coverage at a reasonable cost.
D. The monthly support obligation includes cash medical support in the
amount of $250.00 annually for unreimbursed medical expenses incurred
for said child. Unreimbursed medical expenses of said child that exceed
$250.00 annually shall be allocated between the parties. The party
seeking allocation of unreimbursed medical expenses must provide
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documentation of expenses to the other party no later than March 31 of
the year following the calendar year in which the final medical bill to be
allocated was received. The unreimbursed medical expenses are to be
paid as follows: 51% by Defendant and 49% by Plaintiff.
E. Expenses incurred for psychological counseling for the child shall be
treated as medical expenses pursuant to Pa.R.C.P. 1910.16-6(c).
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F. The effective date of this order is July 2, 2012.
Defendant filed Exceptions to the Support Master’s Report on September 13, 2013.
Defendant’s Exceptions are summarized as follows:
1. The Support Master has misstated facts and abused his discretion by
adding a distribution of $11,500.00 to Defendant’s pass through income of
$13,616.00 from Let’s Move It, Inc. as that distribution is already included
in the pass through income of $13,616.00.
2. The Support Master has misstated facts and abused his discretion in
claiming that Defendant’s distribution of $11,500.00 is tax free. Although
there is no payroll tax paid on a distribution to a shareholder that
distribution is, in fact, subject to federal income tax and is included in the
pass through income of the corporate tax return.
3. The Support Master has misstated facts and abused his discretion by
claiming that Let’s Move It, Inc. had no employees other than Defendant in
2013. This statement is in direct conflict with Defendant’s testimony and
the contents of Let’s Move It, Inc. corporate tax return.
4. The Support Master has abused his discretion in adding $13,166.00, a
tax deduction on Let’s Move It, Inc. corporate tax return for 2011, to
Defendant’s pass through income as income available for support.
5. The Support Master has abused his discretion by claiming that the
controlling custody order in this case does not reflect shared custody
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between the parties.
On September 17, 2013, Plaintiff filed her Exceptions to Support Master’s Report and
Recommendations of September 4, 2013. Plaintiff’s exceptions are as follows:
1. The Support Master erred in basing a determination of the Defendant’s
income on the Defendant’s 2011 Federal Income Tax Return which was
shown to be totally inaccurate and without any factual basis, based upon
the Defendant’s own testimony and other evidence presented.
2. The Support Master erred in giving any credibility to the Defendant’s
2011 Federal Income Tax Return which was shown by the Defendant’s
own testimony and other exhibits presented to be totally and completely
irrelevant to Defendant’s income and without any factual basis.
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Support Master’s Report and Recommendation, filed September 4, 2013 (hereinafter “Report ___”)
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Exceptions of Defendant to Support Master’s Report and Recommendation, filed Sep. 13, 2013
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3. The Support Master erred in determining the Defendant’s correct
income, by failing to include his personal expenses paid out of his only
bank account, which is used for his personal and business expenses,
evidencing the fact that he spent in excess of EIGHTEEN THOUSAND
AND XX/100 DOLLARS ($18,000.00) out of that account for his personal
housing expenses in 2011.
4. The Support Master erred in determining the Defendant’s correct
income, by failing to include his personal expenses paid out of his only
bank account, which is used for his personal and business expenses,
evidencing the fact that he spent in excess of FOUR THOUSAND AND
XX/100 DOLLARS ($4,000.00) for his personal automobile in 2011.
5. The Support Master erred in determining the Defendant’s correct
income by failing to include his personal expenses paid out of his only
bank account, which is used for his personal and business expenses,
evidencing the fact that he spent at least NINETEEN THOUSAND AND
XX/100 DOLLARS ($19,000.00) in additional personal expenses in 2011.
6. The Support Master erred in determining the Defendant’s correct
income by failing to include his personal expenses paid out of his only
bank account, which is used for his personal and business expenses,
evidencing the fact that he spent nearly THREE THOUSAND FIVE
HUNDRED AND XX/100 DOLLARS ($3,500.00) for the medical bills of an
unrelated third party for whom he was not obligated to make payments in
2011.
7. The Support Master erred in determining Defendant’s correct income by
failing to include Defendant’s personal use of his American Express credit
card, which reflected charges of over TWENTY-SIX THOUSAND AND
XX/100 DOLLARS ($26,000.00) in 2011, most items of which were for
personal use, either by their nature, or by the Defendant’s own testimony,
which American Express credit card was paid out of the only account
maintained by the Defendant, which he uses for business and personal
use.
8. The Support Master erred in determining Defendant’s correct income by
failing to consider the cash withdrawals the Defendant made out of the
only bank account that Defendant maintains, which is used for business
and personal use, with said cash withdrawals exceeding SIXTEEN
THOUSAND AND XX/100 DOLLARS ($16,000.00) for 2011.
9. The Support Master erred in determining Defendant’s correct income
by failing to include the ATM withdrawals made by the Defendant from the
only bank account that he maintains, which is used for business and
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personal use in the amount of SEVEN THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED
AND XX/100 DOLLARS ($7,300.00).
10. The Support Master erred in failing to note the severe discrepancy in
the lifestyle of the Defendant based upon his claimed income of around
THIRTEEN THOUSAND AND XX/100 DOLLARS ($13,000.00), which
lifestyle suggests income six to seven times that amount.
11. The Support Master erred in failing to make a determination of the
Defendant’s income based upon his actual personal expenses paid, and
use of funds, from his sole bank account and, as such, failed to take into
consideration the cost of food, meals, and other routine personal
expenses for the Defendant paid from said account.
12. The Support Master erred in failing to use the 2012 financial
information that was submitted for the Defendant, rather than using the
2011 information, apparently for the sole reason that the Defendant’s 2012
Federal Income Tax Return was not prepared and available for use, when
the evidence was exceedingly clear that Defendant’s Federal Income Tax
Returns have no relevance to Defendant’s actual income.
13. The Support Master erred in calculating the Plaintiff’s income by
including overtime pay, which the Plaintiff was obligated to secure to meet
the needs of her daughter during the more than two year period that
Plaintiff had sole physical custody of the child without receiving child
support from Defendant.
14. By failing to examine the 2012 income and expenses of Defendant,
the Support Master erred in failing to consider the more than NINETEEN
THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND XX/100 DOLLARS ($19,500.00)
withdrawing from the Defendant’s personal account through ATM
withdrawals, more than THIRTY-EIGHT THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED
AND XX/100 DOLLARS ($38,400.00) charged on the American Express
card and paid from the Defendant’s bank account, and more than
SIXTEEN THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND XX/100 DOLLARS
($16,200.00) that was removed from the bank account by cash
withdrawals, all of which was accomplished in the 2012 calendar year
evidencing an even greater personal income in that calendar year than in
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2011.
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Plaintiff, Katherine M. Strait’s Exceptions to Support Master’s Report and Recommendations of
September 4, 2013, filed Sept. 27, 2013
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Due to the complexity of this matter and the fact that Defendant did not have his
2012 tax information during the Support Master Hearing, this Court held a de novo
hearing on June 12, 2014 (hereinafter “Court Hearing”).
Facts
Plaintiff and Defendant have one minor Child, Brittany M. Schilling, born on
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February 23, 1997. The previous and most recent child custody order indicates the
parties have shared custody of Child. However, realistically Child resides exclusively
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with Plaintiff and Child spends no overnight custody with Defendant at this time. Child
also undergoes psychological counseling which will be treated as a medical expense for
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support purposes.
Plaintiff is employed by Cumberland Goodwill Fire and Rescue EMS. At the time
of the Support Master Hearing, she earned $13.86 per hour for regular hours and
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$20.79 per hour for any overtime. Plaintiff is paid bi-weekly and is guaranteed nine
hours of overtime every two weeks. Plaintiff occasionally works additional overtime
beyond the nine hours. Plaintiff’s 2012 tax return indicated that she had a gross annual
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income of $41,201.49.
Plaintiff pays $22.58 bi-weekly for health insurance coverage, which includes
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Child. Plaintiff files her taxes jointly with her husband and claims two children as
dependency exemptions. Plaintiff’s husband earns approximately $92,000.00 per
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Report, ¶ 3.
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Report, ¶ 4. Since the time these exceptions were filed, Child has begun residing primarily with
Defendant beginning on April 25, 2014. This opinion, however, will only focus on the time period when
Plaintiff initiated this support action, July 2, 2012, until the time period Child began residing primarily with
Defendant, April 25, 2014.
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Report, ¶ 23, p. 3
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Report, ¶ 6-7
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Report, ¶ 9; Pl’s Ex. 2 to Court Hearing
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Report, ¶ 12
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year. After taking this information into consideration, Plaintiff’s net monthly income for
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support purposes was calculated by the Support Master to be $2,703.00.
Defendant is the sole owner of Let’s Move It, Inc., a Pennsylvania Subchapter S
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corporation that performs moving services. At the time of the hearing in front of the
Support Master, Defendant had not yet filed his personal and corporate tax returns for
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2012. Instead, Defendant provided his tax information for 2011 that showed the
corporation had gross receipts of $130,910.00, reported ordinary business income of
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$15,416.00, and pass through income of $13,616.00 to Defendant. In 2011,
Defendant also received a distribution from the corporation of $11,500.00, which the
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Support Master included in Defendant’s income. It was also noted that Defendant’s
corporation took a deduction of $13,166.00 for an employee benefit program. The
Support Master included this amount as income to Defendant since he determined
Defendant was the only employee of the corporation and would therefore be the only
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person to benefit from the employee benefit program. Defendant’s tax filing status is
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single. Using his 2011 tax information, Defendant’s net monthly income for support
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purposes was determined to be $2,797.00.
Following the Support Hearing, the Support Master determined the combined net
monthly income of Plaintiff and Defendant to be $5,500.00, with a basic support for one
child of $989.00. The Defendant’s share of the support was calculated to be $503.00
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Report, ¶ 11
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Report, p. 2. Plaintiff’s net monthly income was calculated based on her 2012 tax information.
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Report, ¶ 13
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Report, ¶ 16
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Report, ¶ 17-19.
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Report, ¶ 21
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Report, ¶, 20, p. 3
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Report, ¶ 22
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Report, p. 3
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with an increase to $509.00 due to the fact that Plaintiff provides health insurance for
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Child.
At the Court Hearing, this Court was provided with Defendant’s 2012 individual
and corporate tax returns. Defendant’s 2012 corporate tax return reflected gross
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receipts of $128,473.00 and an ordinary business income of $25,941.00. There was
an $18,177.00 distribution and a $6,801.00 deduction for employee benefit programs
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listed on the 2012 corporate tax return. According to his individual tax return,
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Defendant’s gross income for 2012 was $25,941.00.
Defendant has one business checking account with Orrstown Bank and one
business American Express credit card that he utilizes for both business and personal
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expenses. Defendant testified that he personally uses a Quicken file to manage his
taxes and he provides this information to his tax preparer each year. In this way,
Defendant has a lot of control over which expenses are considered business and which
are considered personal, as he makes those determinations when he enters them into
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the Quicken file. There is no indication in the record that the tax preparer offers any
critical professional tax advice to the Defendant. The tax preparer simply takes what
the Defendant gives him and inserts the numbers into the tax return. At both the
Support and the Court Hearing, Defendant’s checking account statements and credit
card statements for both 2011 and 2012 were introduced for review. In both years,
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Report, p. 3
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Pl. Ex. No. 8 to Court Hearing
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Pl. Ex. No. 8 to Court Hearing
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Pl. Ex. No. 9 to Court Hearing
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Report, ¶ 14-15
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Notes of Testimony, In Re: Hearing on Exceptions to Master’s Report, 68-69, June 12, 2014
(hereinafter N.T. Court Hearing at ___”)
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Defendant made numerous personal purchases using his business checking and
American Express accounts.
Discussion
I. Scope of Review
When reviewing a Master’s report and recommendation, a trial court is required
to review the report to determine if the Master’s recommendations are appropriate.
Goodman v. Goodman, 544 A.2d 1033, 1035 (Pa. Super. 1988). The reviewing court
has the duty to make a complete and independent review of all the evidence, including
the credibility of the witnesses. Gomez v. Gomez, 11 Phila. Co. Reptr. 221, 227 (1984).
A Master’s report and recommendation is advisory only and not controlling on the trial
court. Id. at 226. However, even though the reviewing court conducts its own review, a
Master’s report and recommendation are to be given the fullest consideration, especially
with regard to the credibility of witnesses. Goodman, 544 A.2d at 1035.
II. Plaintiff’s Exceptions
a. Using Defendant’s 2011 Tax Information
Plaintiff’s first, second, and twelfth exceptions all claim that the Support Master
erred in basing Defendant’s income on his 2011 tax return and failing to use any of his
2012 financial information. Plaintiff argues Defendant’s tax return does not accurately
reflect his actual earnings and therefore it was error to rely on the return when
calculating Defendant’s income for support. Following the Court Hearing and after
reviewing all of the available financial information, this Court finds that the Support
Master did err in basing Defendant’s income on his 2011 tax return. Instead, this Court
will base Defendant’s income for support purposes on his actual cash flow, determined
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by his checking account and credit card statements for 2012. In this way, both Plaintiff’s
and Defendant’s income will be based off of their 2012 earnings. Plaintiff’s first, second,
and twelfth exceptions are granted.
b. Defendant’s Income
Plaintiff’s third through eleventh and fourteenth exceptions all claim that the
Support Master erred in determining Defendant’s income because he did not consider
the amount of money from his business accounts Defendant spent on personal items.
The Support Master calculated Defendant’s income by solely relying on his 2011
corporate and individual tax returns. Plaintiff argues, however, that when you look at
Defendant’s checking account statements and credit card statements from 2011 and
2012, Defendant clearly has more disposable income than he claims on his tax return.
Essentially, Plaintiff argues Defendant is using the funds from his business account for
personal purchases before those funds are taxable income to him. Plaintiff argues
Defendant should have a higher income than what his tax return suggests. This Court
agrees.
While typically, the tax return is the best indication of a party’s earnings, this is
not always the case when a party owns his own business. As our Superior Court stated
in Murphy v. Murphy, 599 A.2d 647, 651 (Pa. Super. 1991),
\[t\]he net income of a defendant as shown on income tax returns is not to
be accepted in a support case as the infallible test of his earning capacity.
Particularly this is true where the defendant is in business for himself and
is allowed substantial business “expenses”, items of depreciation and
sundry other deductions which enable him to live luxuriously before
spending his taxable income.
(internal citations omitted). This is true even though a business may be considered not
profitable for tax purposes. Id. In this type of situation instead of just looking at the tax
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returns, the court should look to the actual disposable income of the party when making
a determination about financial responsibilities. Labar v. Labar, 731 A.2d 1252, 1255
(Pa. 1999). In Labar, when considering the proper calculation of income for a support
obligation, our Supreme Court stated:
\[t\]hat income must reflect actual available financial resources and not the
oft-time fictional financial picture which develops as a result of
depreciation deductions taken against…income as permitted by the
federal income tax laws. Otherwise put, ‘cash flow’ ought to be
considered and not federally taxed income.
Id. at 1255 (emphasis in original).
Defendant’s pass through income for 2011, relied on by the Support Master, was
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$13,616.00. His 2012 income taxes reflect his pass through income was $25,941.00.
As will be discussed in greater detail infra, Defendant’s claimed income, for both 2011
and 2012, is significantly lower than what Defendant requires to maintain his home, to
say nothing of the comfortable lifestyle he leads. Therefore, in order to gain an accurate
understanding of Defendant’s true income, a review of his checking account statements
and actual expenses is necessary. This is especially true because Defendant maintains
one checking account for all of his business and personal expenses and makes his own
determinations for what is considered business and personal through his Quickens
program.
At the Court Hearing, Defendant argued that only his pass through income
should be considered for support purposes. Defendant maintains that a prior Order
from now President Judge Hess, dated May 18, 2005, and upheld by the Pennsylvania
Superior Court, held that only his pass through income would be used for support
purposes. Therefore, Defendant argues that based on the law of the case doctrine, his
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Pl. Ex. 9 to Court Hearing
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income in all future child support proceedings must always be based on only his pass
through income, which is the only income he claims on his individual tax return.
However, Defendant is mistaken. The May 18, 2005, Order and Opinion by
Judge Hess did not hold that Defendant’s pass through income was the only income to
be considered. Rather, the opinion stated that any repayment to Defendant of money
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he loaned his business would not be considered income to Defendant. Furthermore,
on appeal of that Order our Superior Court found that Defendant had waived the
specific question of whether his pass through income should be considered his only
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income because Defendant had not cited to any applicable case or statutory law.
While at the time this decision may have, for all practical purposes, made Defendant’s
pass through income his only income available for support purposes, it was not
specifically held that only his pass through income would be used for support purposes
in perpetuity.
In fact, in their opinion, the Superior Court stated in a footnote that “\[t\]he lower
court was neither bound to accept the contents of Schilling’s tax returns in determining
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his income, nor was it precluded from accepting those figure\[s\]”. In the same note, the
Court also cited to Francis v. Francis, 517 A.2d 997, 1001 (Pa. Super. 1986), which
states that “\[w\]hen income and earning capacity are at issue in a self-employment
situation, the court may make its own deductions from the evidence and the
accompanying circumstances”. Taken with the idea that the purpose of child support is
for the best interest and support of the parties’ minor children, there is nothing indicating
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Opinion and Order, In Re: Cross-Exceptions to Master’s Report and Recommended Order, May 18,
2005, J. Hess.
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Katherine M. Wetzel v. Craig Schilling, 966 MDA 2005, Non-Precedential Decision, 9, Jan. 3, 2007
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Id. at 11, n. 8
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that the law of the case doctrine dictates that only Defendant’s pass through income
should be considered when determining his income available for support.
Here, there was no argument made or facts presented at either the Support
Hearing or the Court Hearing that the business was still repaying Defendant for any
loans Defendant made to it. In fact, at the Support Hearing, Defendant testified that he
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had paid off his Orrstown business line of credit a year before. Therefore, under the
circumstances of this case a thorough evaluation of Defendant’s one business and
personal checking account is required. This Court will use a cash flow analysis when
determining Defendant’s income for support purposes.
i. Household Expenses
Plaintiff’s third exception is that the Support Master erred in failing to consider
that Defendant pays in excess of $18,000.00 for his personal home expenses out of his
one checking account. Plaintiff argues these housing expenses should be included as
part of Defendant’s income. This Court agrees.
Defendant has two mortgages on his home, one he pays to HFC West and the
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second he pays to PNC Bank. In 2012 Defendant paid $13,580.52 towards his first
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mortgage and $2,300.00 toward his second mortgage, for a total of $15,880.52.
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Defendant also spent $121.15 for his home trash service, $2,017.25 for his home
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electric service, $468.50 for homeowner’s insurance with Westfield Insurance, and
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N.T. Sup. Hearing at 34
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N.T. Court Hearing at 53-55; N.T. Support Hearing at 35.
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See Attachment A; Pl. Ex. 27-38 to Court Hearing
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N.T. Sup. Hearing at 37; N.T. Court Hearing at 54; See Attachment B; Pl. Ex. 30, 33, 35 to Court
Hearing
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N.T. Sup. Hearing at 36; N.T. Court Hearing at 56; See Attachment B; Pl. Ex. 28-33, 35-37 to Court
Hearing. At some point during 2012, Defendant switched his electric from Met-Ed to First Energy.
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N.T. Sup. Hearing at 33; See Attachment B; Pl. Ex. 33, 36 to Court Hearing
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$471.05 for his home sewer service, for a total of $3,077.95 towards his home
expenses. Defendant testified that he does not pay any utilities, other than phone
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service, for his business office. Therefore, the expenses listed supra must be
personal expenses to Defendant and not business expenses. All of Defendant’s
$18,958.47
personal home expenses for 2012 total . This amount will be included to
calculate Defendant’s actual income for 2012. Plaintiff’s third exception is granted.
ii. Other Personal Expenses
Plaintiff’s fourth exception is that the Support Master erred in failing to consider
the amount that Defendant pays for his personal vehicle out of the business checking
account. Her fifth exception is that the Support Master failed to take into consideration
the many other personal expenses that Defendant pays out of the business account,
such as: his gym membership, voice lessons, veterinary bills, personal attorney’s fees,
and payments towards his personal credit cards. Plaintiff argues this list is not
exhaustive and urges this Court to make a thorough review of all Defendant’s personal
expenses. This Court agrees.
After reviewing Defendant’s checking account statements from 2012, it is clear
that Defendant uses the funds to purchase many personal items. Defendant spent
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$1,843.74 on his personal Honda vehicle. In 2012, Defendant also made several
personal purchases from various stores and payments on personal store credit cards,
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including Kohl’s and Sears, totaling $1,906.64. Finally, Defendant spent a total of
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N.T. Court Hearing at 54; See Attachment B; Pl. Ex. 30, 35, 38 to Court Hearing
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N.T. Court Hearing at 56
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See Attachment C; N.T. Sup. Hearing at 43; N.T. Court Hearing at 56-57
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See Attachment D; N.T. Sup. Hearing at 35, 45
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$8,618.73 on various other personal expenses in 2012. These expenses range from
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Defendant’s IRA, monthly gym membership fee, personal medical expenses, voice
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lessons, personal child support payments, personal income taxes and other
miscellaneous charges. These personal charges also include the cost of court ordered
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counselling services for Defendant and Child. Defendant argued in his brief that he
should be compensated for these counseling expenses. While Child’s counseling is to
be treated as unreimbursed medical expenses according to the latest support order,
these payments will still be treated as personal income to Defendant as they were paid
for out of his one checking account, and cannot be considered business related.
In 2012, Defendant also made various church and charity donations from his one
checking account. Defendant is the sole owner of Let’s Move It, Inc. and is able to
unilaterally decide what donations to make. As part of the cash flow analysis, these
donations will be considered personal expenses to Defendant. See Murphy v. Murphy,
599 A.2d 647, 651 (Pa. Super. 1991) (net income on tax returns not to be accepted
where a defendant is in business for himself and can take several business expenses
and deductions before spending his own taxable income). The $1,360 that Defendant
donated in 2012 will be included as part of his income.
The total that Defendant paid out of his business account for his personal
$13,729.11
expenses is . This amount will be included in Defendant’s income for 2012.
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See Attachment E
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N.T. Sup. Hearing at 36
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N.T. Sup. Hearing at 35-36
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N.T. Sup. Hearing at 47
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N.T. Sup. Hearing at 36
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N.T. Court Hearing at 67
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N.T. Sup. Hearing at 46
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N.T. Sup. Hearing at 27, 37
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Plaintiff’s fourth and fifth exceptions are granted, although with differences in Plaintiff’s
suggested amounts.
iii. Food Expenses
Plaintiff’s eleventh exception is that the Support Master erred by not taking into
consideration the amount that Defendant spends on food expenses. This section will
only focus on Defendant’s grocery purchases. Defendant testified that these expenses
could be personal or business related as he sometimes purchases Gatorade and lunch
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for his workers. Plaintiff, therefore, urges this Court to at least consider half the
amount Defendant spends on his food purchases as personal income to Defendant.
Looking at Defendant’s checking account statements for 2012, Defendant spent
$1,322.30 for food expenses at Giant. Defendant also made purchases at
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supermarkets on his business American Express card in 2012, totaling $1,246.92.
Defendant spent a total of $2,569.22 on grocery store purchases in 2012. This Court
$1,284.61
will assume at least half of these food expenses, or , are Defendant’s
personal food purchases and will be included in his income. Plaintiff’s eleventh
exception is granted.
iv. ATM Withdraws and Cash Withdraws
Plaintiff’s eighth and ninth exceptions are that the Support Master erred in failing
to consider as part of Defendant’s income the amount of ATM withdraws and checks
written to cash from his business checking account. As there is no evidence these
funds were used for a business purpose, Plaintiff argues the value of these withdraws
were personal to Defendant and should be included as part of Defendant’s income.
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N.T. Sup. Hearing at 38, 48
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See Attachment G
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At the Support Hearing, Defendant admitted that he was the only one who could
access the checking account, write and sign checks, and was the only one with an ATM
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card for the account. Looking at Defendant’s checking account statements and the
cancelled checks attached to those statements, it appears that Defendant’s usual
practice is to notate what each check is for in the memo line. This is true even when
checks are written out to cash. For example, Defendant frequently writes checks out to
cash and notes that the cash is for casual labor. Therefore, it can be assumed that
when Defendant writes out a check to cash and does not denote what the cash is for,
Defendant is using the cash for personal reasons and not for business.
Defendant wrote a total of $4,870 checks out to cash without any notation as to
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what the cash was used for and this amount will be considered income. Plaintiff
urges this Court to include much more of the checks Defendant wrote out to cash,
including those where the memo line is filled out for causal labor. Plaintiff has provided
no evidence that Defendant does not use the money for anything other than what is
notated in the memo line. Therefore, only those checks written to cash with no
indication of what the check is for will be included as part of Defendant’s personal
income.
Defendant also withdrew $3,683.00 from his checking account from ATM
machines in 2012. Considering his practice of notating what cash is for on checks, it
can be assumed that any ATM withdraws are personal in nature; otherwise Defendant
could have just written out a check to cash with the correct notation. Additionally,
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N.T. Sup. Hearing at 33
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See Attachment H; Pl. Ex. 27-29, 31-38 to Court Hearing.
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Defendant offered no explanation for what he used the cash from the ATM withdraws
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for.
$8,508.00
Combining the two, Defendant withdrew a total of through ATM
withdraws and checks written out to cash in 2012. Plaintiff’s eighth and ninth
exceptions are granted, although the amount considered personal income to Defendant
is less than Plaintiff’s suggested amount.
v. Third Party Medical Expenses
Plaintiff’s sixth exception is that the Support Master erred in failing to consider
medical expenses Defendant paid out of his business checking account to unrelated
third parties. In 2012, Defendant made several medical payments for Clement Johnson.
Clement Johnson was working a job for Defendant’s company, but was not an
employee of the company. As such when he was injured on the job, Defendant could
not turn the claim into a worker’s compensation claim. The following exchange
occurred at the Support Hearing:
Defendant: \[Clement Johnson\] was out working on the job with us
just to be helpful and he dropped a mirror down and it slit his wrist.
He had no health care protection and I couldn’t turn it into worker’s
comp. So I told \[Clement Johnson\] I would pay the bills.
Plaintiff’s Attorney: You couldn’t turn it into workers’ comp or you
didn’t have workers’ comp?
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Defendant: I couldn’t. He wasn’t on my payroll.
As Clement Johnson was clearly not on Defendant’s payroll, Defendant’s company had
no obligation to pay for his medical expenses and those medical expenses will be
included as income to Defendant.
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N.T. Court Hearing at 59-61
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N.T. Sup. Hearing at 42-43
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In 2012, Defendant also paid a medical bill for DeShawn Miller. Defendant
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testified that DeShawn Miller was an employee of his. As will be discussed in more
detail, infra, in 2012 Defendant’s company had no employees and DeShawn Miller can
only be considered an independent contractor. Therefore any medical expenses paid to
DeShawn Miller will also be considered personal to Defendant, as he was not an
employee of the company during 2012.
After reviewing the Defendant’s checking account statements, Defendant spent
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$3,122.87
on third party medical expenses in 2012. Since Defendant was not
obligated to pay for Clement Johnson’s or DeShawn Miller’s medical treatment and it
cannot properly be considered a business expense because these individuals were not
employees of Defendant’s company, this value will be included as part of Defendant’s
income for determining support. Plaintiff’s sixth exception is granted, although with a
slightly lower amount that Plaintiff suggests.
vi. American Express Payments
Plaintiff’s seventh exception is that payments made for personal expenses on
Defendant’s American Express credit card, which Defendant uses for both business and
personal expenses, should be included as part of his income. The charges made on
the American Express credit card are paid out of Defendant’s one checking account.
This Court agrees that personal expenses on the American Express card should be
included as income to Defendant.
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N.T. Sup. Hearing at 47
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See Attachment I
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In 2012, Defendant made payments totaling $38,382.32 out of his one checking
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account toward his American Express credit card. Defendant admits that those
payments were not all for business and he also uses this card for personal
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transactions. Defendant maintains that all charges for gas stations and Lowe’s are
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business related. However, Defendant does use this card for many personal
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charges, such as show tickets and online dating profiles. Some of Defendant’s other
personal charges include entertainment for his home such as Direct TV and Netflix
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subscriptions. Defendant also charges many personal meals at restaurants including,
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Olive Garden and Mayapple. Additionally, there are various charges to stores,
including Jos. A. Banks and Target.
After reviewing Defendant’s credit card statements for 2012, this Court
$11,923.89
determined that were personal charges that Defendant made on his
American Express business credit card in 2012 and were paid off from his business
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checking account. This value will be included as part of Defendant’s income for
support purposes. Plaintiff’s seventh exception is granted in so far as there are
personal charges on Defendant’s American Express credit card that will be included as
part of his income, although the amount included in Defendant’s income is less than the
$26,000.00 Plaintiff indicates in her exception.
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See Attachment J; See also Pl. Ex. 27-29, 31-32, 34-39 to Court Hearing
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N.T. Court Hearing at 69
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N.T. Sup. Hearing at 51-52
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N.T. Court Hearing at 70
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N.T. Sup. Hearing at 52-53
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N.T. Sup. Hearing at 52
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See Attachment K; See also Pl.Ex. 43-54 to Sup. Hearing. This value does not include the food
purchases already included supra.
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vii. Conclusion on Defendant’s Income
Plaintiff’s tenth exception argues that the Support Master erred in failing to
conclude Defendant had a higher income based on the lifestyle he leads. Plaintiff’s
fourteenth exception sums up all of Plaintiff’s other exceptions.
It is clear from the review of Defendant’s checking account and credit card
statements that Defendant has more disposable income than he claims on his tax
returns by using his business’s income before it is passed through to Defendant. This is
also evident in Defendant’s lifestyle, which includes payments for show tickets, voice
lessons, and numerous meals in addition to his other household expenses. In 2012,
Defendant’s stated income on his tax return was $25,941.00. However, after adding up
all of his personal expenses from both his checking account and credit card statements,
Defendant really spent $57,526.95 on his personal needs for 2012. Defendant’s income
$57,526.95
for support purposes is therefore, and Plaintiff’s tenth and fourteenth
exceptions are granted, although again with different values than Plaintiff suggests.
c. Plaintiff’s Overtime
Plaintiff’s thirteenth exception is that the Support Master erred by including
overtime hours worked by Plaintiff, beyond her normal guaranteed nine overtime hours
every other week. Plaintiff argues that her employer is looking to hire more part-time
workers and her overtime hours will be decreased as a result. The Support Master did
not err and Plaintiff’s income was properly determined.
When calculating Plaintiff’s income for support purposes, the Support Master
relied on her 2012 tax return. This is typically the most reliable method for determining
a party’s income. The Support Master’s calculation of Plaintiff’s income is
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representative of Plaintiff’s actual earnings during the relevant time period. The Support
Master did not err because he was using the relevant tax information made available to
him. Plaintiff’s annual gross income of $41,201.49 is correct and Plaintiff’s thirteenth
exception is denied.
III. Defendant’s Exceptions
a. Distribution
Defendant’s first two exceptions are that the Support Master erred by including
the $11,500.00 distribution as part of his income. Defendant maintains that the
distribution was already included in his pass through income and should not have been
included as additional income. Defendant also argues that the distribution was not tax
free and was subject to federal income tax because it was already included in the pass
through income.
Defendant’s first two exceptions are deemed moot since this Court has
determined that Defendant’s checking account and credit card statements are a much
better representation of his income than his federal income tax returns.
b. Employees
Defendant’s third exception is that the Support Master erred by finding that
Defendant’s company had no employees. Defendant’s fourth exception is that it was
error for the Support Master to include his company’s deduction for an employee benefit
program as part of his income, because he did have employees to benefit from the
deduction. Defendant’s fourth exception is moot since this Court is not basing
Defendant’s income on his tax returns.
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As discussed supra, Defendant’s use of employees is relevant in relation to the
amount of medical expenses Defendant personally paid for former workers, Clement
Johnson and DeShawn Miller. If these workers were not employees of Defendant’s
business and Defendant could not turn their medical claims into worker’s compensation,
then any medical treatment paid to them is not business related. Rather, it was a
personal decision on Defendant’s part to pay for their medical care.
At the Support Master hearing, the following exchange took place:
Q: Something glaringly missing from the corporate tax return is anything
dealing with taxes. How many employees do you have?
Defendant: None
Q: How long has that been the case?
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Defendant: Year and a half, two years.
Reviewing Defendant’s checking account statements also reveals that in 2012 no
payroll checks were written. However, many checks written to cash for the purpose of
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casual labor were written from Defendant’s checking account. Based on Defendant’s
own statement that he did not have employees and there being no evidence of any
employees in Defendant’s 2012 bank records, the Support Master did not err in finding
that Defendant’s company had no employees. Defendant’s third exception is dismissed
and the third party medical expenses paid to independent contractors will be considered
personal income to Defendant for support purposes.
c. Custody
Defendant’s fifth and final exception is that the Support Master erred by claiming
that the controlling custody order does not reflect shared custody between the parties
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N.T. 29
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See generally Pl. Ex. 27-39 to Court Hearing
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and failing to reduce Defendant’s support obligation accordingly. The Support Master
did not err. It should be noted that the Support Master never claimed that the custody
order did not reflect or allow for shared custody; however, he noted that the testimony
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indicated that realistically Child resided exclusively with Plaintiff. There is a difference
between the time a defendant is entitled to spend with a child under the custody order
and the time that a defendant actually spends with a child.
The rules for calculating child support do allow for a reduction in support if the
parties share physical custody. Pa.R.C.P. 1910.16-4(c)(1). The rule contemplates
reducing the support obligation of the obligor because he/she is spending more time
with the child and therefore spending more money on the child. Riley v. Foley, 783 A.2d
807, 814 (Pa. Super. 2001). In Riley, a custody order was in place giving the parties
equal shared custody, but the obligor did not actually have the child fifty percent of the
time, at least not initially. Id. The Pennsylvania Superior Court held that in order to
receive a reduction in support, the obligor must have actually spent time with the child
and not merely been entitled to spend time with the child. Id. The “inquiry must be to
determine if obligor actually spent time with the child, resulting in an additional
expenditure of money.” Id. The Support Rules determine time spent with the child by
the number of overnights the child spends during the year with the obligor. Pa.R.C.P.
1910.16-4(c)(1).
In this case, there was un-contradicted testimony from Plaintiff that Child resided
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with her and has not had any overnights with Defendant for over two years.
Defendant did not dispute this fact, but merely argued that the custody order granting
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Report, ¶ 4
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N.T. 5
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shared custody had not been changed and he was entitled to a reduction in support.
In light of Riley, Defendant is not entitled to a reduction in support because Child
spends no overnights with him and in reality there is no shared custody. The Support
Master was correct in determining that there should not be a reduction for shared
custody when Child does not actually spend any overnights with Defendant.
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Defendant’s fifth exception is dismissed.
IV. Conclusion
In the interest of fairness to both parties, both of the parties 2012 financial
information was reviewed. This Court was satisfied that the Support Master was correct
in basing Plaintiff’s income on her 2012 tax return. However, after reviewing
Defendant’s 2012 financial documents, it became apparent that this Court could not
merely rely on Defendant’s tax returns. Instead, this Court undertook a cash analysis of
Defendant’s 2012 financial information. Defendant’s income for support purposes was
determined to be $57,526.95, giving him a monthly net income of $3,364.40. Plaintiff’s
monthly net income was $2,703.00.
With a combined monthly net income of $6,067.40 the requirement for the basic
monthly support for Child is $1,053.00. The Defendant’s share of that amount is
$583.89. A nominal adjustment for health insurance coverage, provided by Plaintiff,
increases Defendant’s monthly child support obligation to $590.69. Accordingly, the
following Order will be entered:
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N.T. 24-25
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As mentioned above, Child now resides with Defendant; however, at the time relevant to these
exceptions, Child resided only with Plaintiff.
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ORDER OF COURT
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AND NOW
, this 15 day of December, 2014, after consideration of the
Exceptions filed by Defendant, the Exceptions filed by the Plaintiff, the briefs filed by the
parties, and after a de novo hearing held on June 12, 2014;
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED AND DIRECTED
that the Exceptions of Defendant to
DENIED
Support Master’s Report and Recommendation are .
IT IS HEREBY FURTHER ORDERED AND DIRECTED
that the Exceptions of
GRANTED IN PART
Plaintiff to the Support Master’s Report and Recommendation are
AND DENIED IN PART.
Specifically, Plaintiff’s First through Twelfth and Fourteenth
GRANTED
Exceptions are, although the specific values Plaintiff includes differ.
DENIED
Plaintiff’s Thirteenth Exception is .
The interim Order of September 4, 2013 is modified as follows:
6. For the period of June 2, 2012, through April 25, 2014, the Defendant shall
pay to the Pennsylvania State Collection and Disbursement Unit as support
for his daughter, Brittany M. Schilling, born February 23, 1997, the sum of
$590.69 per month.
7. The Defendant shall pay to the Pennsylvania State Collection and
Disbursement Unit the additional sum of $51.00 per month on arrears.
8. The Plaintiff shall provide health insurance coverage for the benefit of said
child as is available to her through employment or other group coverage at a
reasonable cost.
9. The monthly support obligation includes cash medical support in the amount
of $250.00 annually for unreimbursed medical expenses incurred for said
child. Unreimbursed medical expenses of said child that exceed $250.00
annually shall be allocated between the parties. The party seeking allocation
of unreimbursed medical expenses must provide documentation of expenses
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to the other party no later than March 31 of the year following the calendar
year in which the final medical bill to be allocated was received. The
unreimbursed medical expenses are to be paid as follows: 55% by Defendant
and 45% by Plaintiff.
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10. Expenses incurred for psychological counseling for the child shall be treated
as medical expenses pursuant to Pa.R.C.P. 1910.16-6(c).
By the Court,
_______________________
M. L. Ebert, Jr., J.
Bradley Griffie, Esquire
Attorney for Plaintiff
Craig Schilling, Pro Se
Defendant
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Attachment A
Defendant’s Mortgage Payments (2012)
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HFC West (1 Mortgage)(See Pl. Ex. 27-38 to Court Hearing)
1. 1/12 – $233.00
2. 1/30 – $907.81
3. 2/13 – $233.00
4. 2/29 – $907.81
5. 3/13 – $233.00
6. 3/29 – $907.81
7. 4/12 – $233.00
8. 4/30 – $907.81
9. 5/14 – $233.00
10. 5/30 – $907.81
11. 6/12 – $233.00
12. 6/29 – $892.21
13. 7/12 – $233.00
14. 8/01 – $892.21
15. 8/13 – $233.00
16. 8/29 – $892.21
17. 9/12 – $233.00
18. 10/01 – $892.21
19. 10/12 – $233.00
20. 10/30 – $892.21
21. 11/14 – $233.00
22. 11/29 – $892.21
23. 12/12 – $233.00
24. 12/31 – $892.21
TOTAL $13,580.52
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nd
PNC Bank (2 Mortgage)(See Pl. Ex. 27-38 to Court Hearing – cancelled checks)
1. 2/08 – $200.00
2. 3/05 – $200.00
3. 3/27 – $200.00
4. 4/24 – $200.00
5. 6/05 – $200.00
6. 7/03 – $200.00
7. 8/28 – $400.00
8. 10/01 – $200.00
9. 11/12 – $200.00
10. 11/28 – $300.00
TOTAL $2,300.00
TOTAL COMBINED $15,880.52
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Attachment B
Defendant’s Other Household Expenses (2012)
Home Trash Collection (Waste Management)(See Pl. Ex 30, 33, 35 to Court Hearing)
1. 4/24 – Waste Management - $40.47
2. 7/03 – Interstate Waste Services - $40.21
3. 10/01 – Interstate Waste Services - $40.47
TOTAL - $121.15
Home Electric (Met-Ed) (See Pl. Ex. – 28 - 33, 35 - 37 to Court Hearing)
1. 2/06 – Met-Ed - $183.96
2. 3/05 – Met-Ed - $183.72
3. 3/28 – First Energy - $183.72
4. 4/25 – First Energy - $222.00
5. 6/05 – Met-Ed - $222.00
6. 7/05 – First Energy - $225.33
7. 8/01 – First Energy - $142.00
8. 8/29 – First Energy - $142.00
9. 10/02 – First Energy - $136.52
10. 10/22 – First Energy - $188.00
11. 11/29 – First Energy - $188.00
TOTAL - $2,017.25
Home Water and Sewer (South Middletown Township Municipal Authority) (See Pl. Ex.
30, 35, 38 to Court Hearing)
1. 2/06 – $119.13
2. 4/24 - $112.32
3. 10/01 - $239.60
TOTAL - $471.05
Home Insurance (Westfield Insurance) (See Pl. Ex. 33, 36 to Court Hearing)
1. 3/27 - $234.25
2. 7/03 - $234.25
TOTAL - $468.50
TOTAL COMBINED - $3,077.95
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Attachment C
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Defendant’s Car Expenses (2012)
See Pl. Ex. 28, 36, 37, 38 to Court Hearing
1. 1/17 $349.17
2. 2/15 – to Bobby Rahal Honda $307.72
3. 2/22 $349.17
4. 3/14 $337.68
5. 11/13 – to Ciocca Honda $500.00
TOTAL $1,843.74
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N.T. Sup. Hearing at 43; N.T. Court Hearing at 56-57
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Attachment D
Defendant’s Personal Store/Credit Card Payments Paid from Checking Account
(See Pl. Ex. 27-39 to Court Hearing)(2012)
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1. 1/09 – Kohl’s $114.35
2. 1/20 – Kohl’s $152.03
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3. 1/30 – Sears $100.00
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4. 1/31 – JC Penney $115.50
5. 3/02 – Sears $100.00
6. 3/28 – Sears $100.00
7. 4/25 – Sears $100.00
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8. 5/18 – Bon Ton $86.80
9. 5/29 – Kohl’s $214.50
10. 5/30 – Sears $100.00
11. 7/05 – Kohl’s $93.46
12. 7/05 – Sears $69.12
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13. 7/12 – Angelo’s Soccer Corner $90.00
14. 8/01 – Kohl’s - $133.39
15. 11/06 – Sears $116.59
16. 11/13 – Kohl’s $147.90
17. 11/29 – Kohl’s $25.00
18. 12/14 – JC Penney $48.00
TOTAL $1,906.64
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N.T. Sup. Hearing at 35
70
N.T. Sup. Hearing at 35
71
N.T. Sup. Hearing at 45
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Bon-Ton is not specifically referenced in the Notes of Testimony as being personal; however, as Bon
Ton is a department store similar to the rest of Defendant’s admitted personal charges it will be included
here.
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N.T. Sup. Hearing at 45
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Attachment E
Defendant’s Other Personal Expenses Paid from Checking Account (2012)
IRA – Investment Invesco - (See Pl. Ex. 28, 30, 32-33, 35-36, 38-39 to Court Hearing)
1. 1/10 $80.00
2. 2/10 $80.00
3. 3/12 $80.00
4. 4/10 $80.00
5. 5/10 $80.00
6. 6/11 $80.00
7. 7/10 $80.00
8. 8/10 $80.00
9. 9/10 $80.00
10. 10/10 $80.00
11. 11/13 $80.00
12. 12/10 $80.00
TOTAL $960.00
Gym Membership – Planet Fitness – (See Pl. Ex. 27-38 to Court Hearing)
1. 1/17 $10.00
2. 2/17 $10.00
3. 3/19 $10.00
4. 4/17 $10.00
5. 5/17 $10.00
6. 6/18 $10.00
7. 7/17 $10.00
8. 8/17 $10.00
9. 9/17 $10.00
10. 10/01 $29.00
11. 10/17 $10.00
12. 11/19 $10.00
13. 12/17 $10.00
TOTAL $149.00
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Defendant Knee Surgery (See Pl. Ex. 33-35, 37-38 to Court Hearing)
1. 1/27 – Appalachian Orthopedic $156.80
2. 2/15 – Appalachian Orthopedic $63.00
3. 3/05 – Walnut Bottom Radiology LLC $480.00
4. 4/27 – CVPM (knee surgery) $500.00
5. 4/27 – OSI $1,280.00
6. 6/18 – Holy Spirit Hospital $137.10
TOTAL $2,616.90
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Counseling Services (See Pl. Ex. 30-31 to Court Hearing)
1. 8/30 – Blanc Counseling Services $140.00
2. 9/10 – Blanc Counseling Services $140.00
3. 9/21 – Blanc Counseling Services $210.00
4. 10/05 – Blanc Counseling Services $210.00
5. 10/10 – Blanc Counseling Services $140.00
TOTAL $840.00
Voice Lessons – Joan Boytim – (See Pl. Ex. 29, 33, 36, 38 to Court Hearing)
1. 1/24 $60.00
2. 3/27 $60.00
3. 5/29 $90.00
4. 10/08 $60.00
5. 11/31 $120.00
TOTAL $390.00
Defendant’s Child Support Payments – PA SCDU – (See Pl. Ex. 28-30 to Court
Hearing)
1. 9/20 $200.00
2. 10/19 $200.00
3. 11/28 $200.00
TOTAL $600.00
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N.T. Sup. Hearing at 27, 37.
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Personal Taxes – PA Department of Revenue – (See Pl. Ex. 27 to Court Hearing)
1. 12/13 – 2009 personal income tax $543.00
2. 12/13 – 2010 personal income tax $782.00
3. 12/13 – 2011 personal income tax $384.00
TOTAL $1,709.00
Miscellaneous Personal Charges (See Pl. Ex. 30, 31, 35, 36 to Court Hearing)
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1. 4/23 – Pat Craig Studios $119.47
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2. 5/18 – Irwin and McKnight $1,138.49
3. 9/10 – Armitage Golf Club $55.90
4. 10/01 – Sail Magazine subscription $39.97
TOTAL $1,353.83
TOTAL COMBINED $8,618.73
75
N.T. Sup. Hearing at 47
76
N.T. Sup. Hearing at 38
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Attachment F
Defendant’s Church/Charitable Donations 2012 (See Pl. Ex. 27, 30, 33, 34, 36, 37 to
Court Hearing)
1. 2/19 – Carlisle Evangelical Free Church $100.00
2. 3/27 – Carlisle Evangelical Free Church (for missions trip) $100.00
3. 5/18 – Carlisle Family YMCA (for Strong Kids Campaign) $100.00
4. 6/05 – Bible Baptist School (for Summer Ministry Team) $100.00
5. 9/26 – Patti Kingsbury (donation to yard sale) $100.00
6. 10/05 – Carlisle Evangelical Free Church (for Belize trip) $760.00
7. 12/31 – Awaken Haiti $100.00
TOTAL: $1,360.00
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Attachment G
Defendant’s Food Store Purchases from Checking Account (See Pl. Ex. 28, 31, 33,
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35-38 to Court Hearing) (2012)
1. 1/17 – Giant $53.65
2. 1/26 – Giant $100.00
3. 1/26 – Giant $1.54
4. 2/06 – Giant $142.70
5. 2/21 – Giant $101.49
6. 2/21 – Giant $51.97
7. 3/08 – Giant $122.75
8. 3/19 – Giant $47.22
9. 3/28 – Giant $112.25
10. 4/17 – Giant $149.44
11. 4/26 – Giant $71.33
12. 6/15 – Giant $140.79
13. 8/20 – Giant $183.80
14. 11/27 – Giant $43.37
TOTAL $1,322.30
Defendant’s Food Store Purchases from American Express Credit Card (See
Pl. Ex. 48 – 53 to Support Hearing)
1. 5/15 – Giant $51.66
2. 5/15 – Toms Milroy $20.02
3. 5/26 – Giant $150.81
4. 5/31 – Wegmans $11.81
5. 6/30 – Giant $11.96
6. 7/04 – Giant $51.54
7. 7/13 – Giant $28.35
8. 7/29 – Karns $87.63
9. 8/05 – Giant $129.51
10. 8/25 – Giant $83.68
11. 9/02 – Giant $74.64
12. 9/13 – Giant $122.41
13. 10/06 – Giant $62.31
14. 10/19 – Giant $65.66
15. 10/20 – Giant $66.35
16. 10/21 – Giant $22.31
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N.T. Sup. Hearing at 38, 48
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17. 10/27 – Giant $35.13
18. 10/29 – Weis Markets $87.38
19. 11/17 – Giant $83.76
TOTAL: $1,246.92
TOTAL 2012 FOOD STORE PURCHASES: $2,569.22
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Attachment H
Defendant’s ATM Withdraws and Checks to Cash (See Pl. Ex. 27-29, 31-38 to
Court Hearing)(2012)
1. 1/19 – Check to Cash $675.00
2. 1/30 – ATM $400.00
3. 2/06 – ATM $310.00
4. 2/21 – ATM $400.00
5. 3/05 – ATM $350.00
6. 3/09 – Check to Cash $535.00
7. 4/06 – ATM $450.00
8. 4/13 – ATM $100.00
9. 5/24 – ATM $200.00
10. 6/28 – Check to Cash $2,700.00
11. 7/13 – ATM $400.00
12. 7/13 – Check to Cash $200.00
13. 8/29 – ATM $103.00
14. 9/06 – ATM $100.00
15. 11/09 – ATM $400.00
16. 11/21 – Check to Cash $760.00
17. 12/04 – ATM $322.00
18. 12/27 – ATM $103.00
TOTAL $8,508.00
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Attachment I
Defendant’s paid Third Party Medical Expenses(See Pl. Ex. 28-29, 31-35 to Court
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Hearing) (2012)
1. 4/05 – Lancaster General Hospital (Johnson) $200.00
2. 4/05 – Sanjiv Naidu (Johnson) $200.00
3. 4/24 – Pinnacle Health Hospitals (Johnson) $26.00
4. 5/18 – Lancaster General Hospital (Johnson) $200.00
5. 5/18 – Sanjiv Naidu (Johnson) $200.00
6. 6/05 – Carlisle Regional Medical Center (Miller) $542.15
7. 6/05 – Lancaster General Hospital (Johnson) $95.72
8. 6/05 – Sanjiv Naidu (Johnson) $200.00
9. 7/13 – Sanjiv Naidu (Johnson) $200.00
10. 8/13 – Sanjiv Naidu (Johnson) $400.00
11. 8/13 – Pinnacle Health Hospitals (Johnson) $299.00
12. 10/01 – Sanjiv Naidu (Johnson) $260.00
13. 11/19 – Sanjiv Naidu (Johnson) $300.00
TOTAL $3,122.87
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N.T. Court Hearing 57-58; N.T. Sup. Hearing at 47
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Attachment J
Defendant’s Total American Express Credit Card Payments for 2012 – Both
Personal and Business (See Pl. Ex. 27-29, 31-32, 34-39)
1. 1/03 $2,000.00
2. 1/17 $617.36
3. 2/13 $2,867.09
4. 3/13 $1,737.49
5. 4/11 $2,591.58
6. 5/15 $1,531.71
7. 6/08 $3,626.43
8. 7/13 $2,547.47
9. 8/13 $2,559.54
10. 9/04 $4,726.64
11. 10/15 $2,510.65
12. 11/05 $3,491.52
13. 12/05 $3,425.45
14. 12/31 $4,149.39
TOTAL $38,382.32
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Attachment K
Defendant’s Personal American Express Credit Card Purchases 2012 (See Pl. Ex.
43-54 to Support Hearing)
1. Statement Due 1/06 $1,070.54
2. Statement Due 2/06 $885.93
3. Statement Due 3/06 $721.84
4. Statement Due 4/06 $805.65
5. Statement Due 5/06 $629.66
6. Statement Due 6/06 $2,402.21
7. Statement Due 7/06 $686.34
8. Statement Due 8/06 $1,209.96
9. Statement Due 9/06 $463.78
10. Statement Due 10/06 $706.08
11. Statement Due 11/06 $977.88
12. Statement Due 12/06 $1,364.02
TOTAL $11,923.89
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Attachment L
Defendant’s Total Income for 2012 (Based on his Personal Expenses)
1. Mortgage Payments $15,880.52
2. Home Expenses $3,077.95
3. Car Expenses $1,843.74
4. Personal Store Expenses $1,906.64
5. Other Personal Expenses $8,618.73
6. Charity Donations $1,360.00
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7. Food Store Expenses $1,284.61
8. ATM Withdraws and Checks to Cash $8,508.00
9. Third Party Medical Expenses $3,122.87
10. American Express Personal Charges $11,923.89
TOTAL: $57,526.95
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Only includes half of Defendant’s total food purchases for 2012
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