OPINION
Family Code section 4320 provides that the family law court "shall consider" the "earning capacity of each party" in ordering spousal support, but the decision whether to order support based on a party's earning capacity rather than actual earnings is a matter within the court's discretion. (See, e.g., In re Marriage of Rosen (2002)
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