The applicant father brought a motion to change a 2003 child support order based on changed circumstances.
He had lost employment due to injury and sought to reduce support to zero.
The respondent mother sought retroactive variation for three years, claiming the applicant had failed to disclose employment income as required by the original order.
The court found the applicant had breached his disclosure obligations and ordered retroactive support from May 1, 2010 based on actual income earned in each year.
For 2013, the court imputed income equivalent to full-time minimum wage rather than accepting the respondent's argument to impute income based on expenses.
The court also ordered the applicant to contribute to school uniforms and shoes as section 7 expenses and suspended ongoing support during his full-time college retraining period while requiring arrears payments.
