The parties separated after a long-term marriage.
The applicant mother sought child and spousal support, alleging the respondent father under-reported his income from his plumbing business through cash sales and inflated expenses.
The respondent father alleged the applicant was intentionally underemployed after she left her job at Legal Aid Ontario following a malicious complaint he made against her.
The court found the applicant's career change to a paralegal was reasonable and imputed her income accordingly.
The court also found the respondent had significant unreported cash sales and unexplained business expenses, imputing a much higher income to him.
Retroactive and ongoing child support, section 7 expenses, and spousal support were ordered based on the imputed incomes.
