The applicant mother sought sole custody and retroactive child support, while the respondent father sought joint custody and child support based on a declared income of $12,000.
The court granted the mother sole custody, finding joint custody inappropriate given the parties' inability to communicate and differing values.
The court also found that the father was intentionally under-employed but declined to impute income on that basis; however, the court ruled that the father's non-taxable OSAP student grants constituted Guideline income and grossed them up.
Retroactive child support was ordered back to the date of effective notice, as the father's failure to pay any support since separation constituted blameworthy conduct.
