Questão jurídica principal
Whether a hypothetical income may be imputed to the appellant's spouse for supplementary benefits
Decisão extraída
Yes. The spouse was capable and reasonably expected to seek part-time work, so a hypothetical income could be counted as waived income.
Fundamentação extraída
The court applied the duty to mitigate and the EL rule on waived income. The spouse was healthy despite obesity, had made no job-search efforts despite repeated requests, and could reasonably obtain simple part-time work while caring for the younger child.