In this family law trial, the applicant mother sought child support for her 20-year-old son, K.R.G., asserting he was a "child of the marriage" due to mental illness and inability to withdraw from her charge.
She also requested a higher income imputation for the respondent father and a greater proportion of s. 7 expenses.
The respondent father, self-represented, contended that K.R.G.'s issues stemmed from drug and alcohol abuse enabled by the mother, not a disabling mental illness, and that his income was lower than claimed.
The court found no admissible medical evidence to support K.R.G.'s involuntary disability and concluded that the mother's actions enabled his unproductive lifestyle, thus K.R.G. was not a child of the marriage for support purposes.
The court accepted the father's declared income of $42,000 and determined the mother's income potential was similar.
Child support was ordered for the younger child, R.M.G., based on the father's $42,000 income, with s. 7 expenses split equally.
No costs were awarded.
