The applicant father brought an urgent motion to stay the enforcement of a final child support order pending the outcome of his motion to change.
The father's income from his soccer club was significantly reduced due to government-mandated closures during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the Family Responsibility Office intended to garnish his CERB benefits.
The court granted a six-month stay of the support order, finding that the father's business closure was beyond his control, he had continued to pay support based on his CERB income, and the mother's six-figure income meant the child would not be significantly prejudiced by a temporary stay.
