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Entzie v. Entzie

Docket No. 20100067
Oral Argument: Wednesday, September 1, 2010 1:30pm

Docket Info

Title
Theresa Ann Entzie, Plaintiff, Appellee and Cross-Appellant
v.
Allen Lee Entzie, Defendant, Appellant and Cross-Appellee
Case Type
CIVIL APPEAL : CHILD CUST & SUPPORT (Div.\Other)
Appeal From
Case No. 06-C-00022
Southeast Judicial District, McIntosh County
Donald L. Jorgensen
2010 ND 194789 N.W.2d 550
Oral Argument 9/1/2010

Highlight

In calculating a child support obligation, a district court must specifically find an obligor's tax returns are not an adequate reflection of income or are not a reliable indicator of future income before the court can refuse to consider tax return information.
A district court must make specific findings on why averaging the most recent five years of a self-employed obligor's income is insufficient before it may use a shorter period of time to calculate income from self-employment.
An obligor may be found underemployed only after the obligor's income was properly calculated under the child support guidelines.
A district court must state what provision of the guidelines allows the court to impute income to an obligor.


Briefs

Filing Date Description
04/29/2010 APPELLANT BRIEF (e-filed) View
05/26/2010 APPELLEE BRIEF View

Counsel

Party Type Name
APPELLANT PRIVATE PRACTICE Donavin L Grenz - 03083
APPELLEE PRIVATE PRACTICE Joanne Hager Ottmar - 03600

(Note: Attachments may not be available for recently filed cases and/or confidential documents.)

Seq. # Filing Date Description Attachment
1 03/01/2010 NOTICE OF APPEAL : 02/25/2010
2 03/01/2010 ORDER FOR TRANSCRIPT : 02/25/2010
3 03/02/2010 Acknowledgment of OTR & RETENTION OF RECORD ON APPEAL : 04/16/2010
4 03/16/2010 TRANSCRIPT DATED October 23, 2009 & C.O.S.
5 03/17/2010 DISK of TRA
6 03/25/2010 RECORD ON APPEAL Not sent with the ROA was No. 36 (Ct. Rptr. Notes)
7 04/13/2010 NOTICE OF CROSS APPEAL (filed 4/12/10 in tr. ct.)
8 04/13/2010 Clerk's Supplemental Certificate of Record dated April 12, 2010 (Entry Nos. 129-136).
9 04/29/2010 APPELLANT BRIEF (e-filed) View
10 04/29/2010 E-FILED BRIEF (ATB)
11 04/29/2010 APPELLANT APPENDIX (e-filed) PDF
12 04/29/2010 E-FILED APPENDIX (ATA) PDF
13 05/04/2010 Received $25 e-filing surcharge for ATB (Receipt #19480).
14 05/10/2010 Received 7 copies of ATB from Central Duplicating.
15 05/10/2010 Received 6 copies of ATA from Central Duplicating.
16 05/26/2010 APPELLEE BRIEF View
17 05/26/2010 APPELLEE APPENDIX
18 05/27/2010 DISK-AEB (E-MAILED)
19 06/08/2010 MOTION FOR Remand by the State of North Dakota (Jamestown Regional Child Support Unit)
20 06/08/2010 NO ACTION TAKEN (remand is unnecessary to enforce judgment when no stay is in effect)
21 06/10/2010 RETURN OF ROA TO DIST. CT. : 08/01/2010
22 06/14/2010 RECEIPT SIGNED BY DISTRICT COURT CLERK'S OFFICE
23 07/28/2010 NOTICE OF ORAL ARGUMENT SENT
24 07/28/2010 Re-filed RECORD ON REMAND-not sent w/ROA no.36 (Ct.Rptr.notes) & not rec'd no.126 "error"
25 07/28/2010 Re-filed 1st Supplemental Clerk's Certificate of Record (entry nos. 129-136)_
26 07/28/2010 2nd Supplemental Clerk's Certificate of Record (entry nos. 137-165)
27 08/02/2010 3rd Supplemental Clerk's Certificate of Record (entry no. 166)
28 09/01/2010 APPEARANCES: Donavin L. Grenz; Joanne H. Ottmar
29 09/01/2010 ARGUED: Grenz; Ottmar
30 09/01/2010 ORAL ARGUMENT WEBCAST
31 06/21/2010 Letter dated 9/17/10 from J. Ottmar & letter dated 9/20/10 from D. Grenz clarifying oral arugment.
32 10/19/2010 DISPOSITION (AND REMANDED)
33 10/19/2010 UNANIMOUS OPINION : Kapsner, Carol Ronning View
34 10/19/2010 Costs on appeal not taxed against either party
35 10/20/2010 Judgment Sent to Parties
36 11/16/2010 MANDATE
37 11/18/2010 RECEIPT SIGNED BY DISTRICT COURT CLERK'S OFFICE
38 02/01/2021 EXPUNGED - Nonpermanent record items destroyed