The respondent wife brought a motion for interim spousal support. The parties were married for 15 years, during which the wife was a stay-at-home mother and the husband worked in his family's real estate business. The court declined to impute income to the wife at this early stage. The court included regular financial advances from the husband's father in the husband's income, treating them as gifts rather than loans for the purpose of the interim motion. Applying the Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines, the court ordered the husband to pay interim spousal support of $7,136 per month, representing the mid-point of the range. The issue of retroactive support was deferred.
CITATION: Kerbel v. Kerbel, 2026 ONSC 3486
ONTARIO
SUPERIOR COURT OF JUSTICE
BETWEEN:
Mitchell Mark Kerbel
Applicant
– and –
Amy Kerbel
Respondent
Richard Niman, Lucia Commisso for the Applicant
Karen Ballantyne, for the Respondent
HEARD: June 9, 2026
C. Stevenson J.
Nature of the motion
1This is a motion by the respondent wife (R/W) for temporary spousal support of $17,500 per month,