The applicant wife and respondent husband separated in 2017 after a four-year marriage, leaving several financial issues to be resolved at trial.
The court determined that a purported mortgage and renovation loan from the husband's parents were actually gifts, meaning they could not be deducted from his net family property, resulting in an equalization payment of $326,211.50.
Additionally, the court imputed an annual income of $63,863 to the husband due to non-disclosure and creative accounting, ordering him to pay retroactive child support arrears of $27,198 and s. 7 expense arrears of $4,921.53.
The wife's claim for spousal support was dismissed.
