What happens if a parent refuses to provide financial information?

If one parent refuses to provide financial information, then the other parent can apply to the court for a hearing or a judgment. A judge is likely to look with disapproval on the other parent's refusal to cooperate and assign an income amount to the uncooperative parent based on the other parent's information. This could mean that the uncooperative parent's income is assigned at a higher amount than it actually is, because the judge must make a decision based on incomplete information. The judge can also order that the parent who did not provide the information pay the costs of the court proceedings.

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