Opinion
May 27, 1997
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Nassau County (McCabe, J.).
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
In determining a party's maintenance or child support obligation, a court need not rely upon the party's own account of his or her finances, but may impute income based upon the party's past income or demonstrated earning potential ( Kay v Kay, 37 N.Y.2d 632; Brodsky v. Brodsky, 214 A.D.2d 599; Liadis v Liadis, 207 A.D.2d 331; Hollis v. Hollis, 188 A.D.2d 960). Here, the court properly imputed an income of $100,000 to the husband, a financial consultant, based on his own testimony that in the three years preceding the commencement of this action, he earned $107,000, $143,000, and $146,000, respectively, and won awards for his outstanding work performance and productivity.
The husband's remaining contentions are without merit.
Bracken, J.P., Copertino, Pizzuto and Santucci, JJ., concur.