Gina Rossi

The parties disputed disclosure obligations following a case conference.

The applicant sought extensive financial and employment disclosure from the respondent, who in turn sought reciprocal disclosure from the applicant.

The court ordered both parties to produce tax returns, bank statements, credit card statements, and evidence of efforts to secure employment, finding that both parties' incomes were relevant to the claims for child support, section 7 expenses, and spousal support.

The applicant husband sought costs following his successful motion to reduce temporary child and spousal support and his successful defense against the respondent wife's cross-motions for increased support, arrears, and interim disbursements.

The court found the husband was the successful party overall, as he achieved a reduction in support based on an income level he proposed, while the wife's requests for extensive disclosure and imputed income were largely denied.

The court awarded the husband $7,000 in costs on a partial indemnity basis, payable from the wife's share of the proceeds from the sale of the matrimonial home.

The respondent wife brought a procedural motion seeking financial disclosure, an advance of $50,000 for interim disbursements to hire valuation experts, and an adjournment of the applicant husband's upcoming motion to vary child and spousal support.

The husband brought a cross-motion for disclosure.

The court ordered mutual financial disclosure but denied the wife's request for an adjournment, finding that business valuations were unnecessary for the interim support variation motion.

The request for interim disbursements was deferred to the main motion.