The applicant brought a motion seeking interim child and spousal support and interim disbursements for a business valuation critique in a family law proceeding.
The primary issue was the respondent’s income for temporary support purposes, where the parties proposed significantly different income figures based on competing interpretations of corporate financial information.
The court accepted the respondent’s valuator’s income determination report prepared in conformity with Canadian Institute of Chartered Business Valuators standards and fixed the respondent’s income at $124,567 on an interim basis.
The court held that temporary support motions should avoid forensic accounting analysis where only one expert report is available.
Interim child support, mid-range spousal support, and partial interim disbursements to fund a critique report were ordered.