The respondent mother brought an urgent motion for child support for her three children from the applicant father, citing financial hardship due to COVID-19 related job loss.
The court found the matter urgent.
The mother requested support based on the father's historical income of $82,000, while the father argued for a lower income due to current employment restrictions and sought to delay payments to prioritize matrimonial home debts.
The court determined the father's annualized income for child support purposes to be $50,000, based on current earnings and future employment limitations, and ordered him to pay $977 monthly child support commencing May 1, 2020, prioritizing child support over matrimonial home debts.
