I am a resident of California and have recently been informed that I
am the father of a soon-to-be-born child.  My income has spiked in
recent years due to stock option vesting.  I expect to have a
significantly lower income in the coming years.  I expect that the
child will be in
the custody of the mother with a certain % of visitation for myself. 
Around 40%. I understand the basics of the calcuation but this wrinkle
is throwing me off.

- How is the income calculated when it fluxuates as described above?

- The mother is of Canadian residency.  If she decides to move back
with the child how does this affect the support and my general rights
of visitation?

- If I derive income from rental property which simply goes to pay the
taxes, mortgage,etc on those properties (ie no profit) will this
income be calculated into the child support?

- What sort of deferred income options are there -  such as a 401K -
to lower my child support payments?

Hello,

I see that you have not got any answers. You may
want to contact a detective agency.. Here are a few
that I have used before.. 

http://www.lostpeople.com
http://www.ussearch.com (Public records)
http://www.PublicPeopleFinder.com (Public records and detective agency)
http://www.easytolocate.com
or
http://www.fpf.com

Hope this helps..
Jennifer