When will a court impute income to a parent who is unable to find employment to meet child support obligations?

Of course, there may be extraneous factors that operate to limit or preclude a parent from obtaining reasonably remunerative employment, (such as the limited availability of work in a particular field or geographic location, inability to relocate, or other family obligations), and due regard must be had to such considerations in deciding whether or not to impute income. As a general rule, however, a parent cannot avoid or reduce child support obligations by a self-induced reduction of income. See Clayton v. Clayton, supra, at paragraphs 8 and 11.