M. Lawson

The appellant sought to appeal an interlocutory arbitration endorsement award that denied some of her expert's requests for financial disclosure.

The respondent argued the court lacked jurisdiction to hear the appeal.

The court agreed with the respondent, finding that the arbitral award was procedural and interlocutory in nature.

Relying on established case law, the court held that it has no jurisdiction to intervene in interlocutory arbitration awards and dismissed the appeal.

The self-represented moving party sought costs of $26,312.38 following a motion where he successfully reduced his child support obligations but failed to reduce spousal support.

He argued for substantial indemnity based on an offer to settle.

The court found the offer was not severable and he achieved only partial success.

The court awarded him a partial recovery of $4,520, noting that a self-represented litigant cannot claim costs for their time at a lawyer's hourly rate.

The respondent father brought a motion to vary a temporary order for child and spousal support, arguing his income had significantly decreased since the 2016 valuation of $1,549,000 used in the original order.

The court reviewed competing expert valuations of his 2017 and 2018 income, which involved complex corporate structures and capital dividends.

The court determined the father's 2018 income for support purposes was approximately $750,000.

Consequently, the court reduced the table child support to $9,277 per month but declined to reduce the spousal support of $15,000 per month, finding it remained appropriate under the Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines.