Expenses can add up for an unemployed spouse looking for work — long distance calls, resume preparation, career counseling and networking — and could be a sleeping miscellaneous deduction that reduces taxable income. (turbotax.intuit.com)
This does not mean a spouse or parent is forced to work unwillingly; it means that the support obligation will be calculated as though the unemployed spouse was working. (pollockbegg.com)
2012), provides some guidance on imputing income to unemployed spouses and parents and deciding whether to award joint custody. (gregoryforman.com)