This family law trial addressed income imputation, retroactive and ongoing child support, and section 7 expenses for a child in a shared parenting arrangement.
The court declined to impute income to the mother, finding her decisions to pursue post-secondary retraining and hairstyling certification were reasonable educational steps likely to improve her earning capacity and benefit the child.
The court found the father failed to prove that the shared parenting threshold under s. 9 of the Child Support Guidelines was met before July 2022, and held that a straight set-off was not appropriate given the income disparity and the parties’ financial circumstances.
Ongoing child support remained $445 per month, the mother’s claim for retroactive support to the date of separation was dismissed, the previously fixed arrears of $13,474 remained payable, and section 7 expenses were ordered to be shared proportionate to income.
