Does the court need to look for signs of a person’s motivation to avoid paying child support?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Bruzas v. Bruzas, 2005 CanLII 36267 (ON SC):
[39] At paragraph [37], the case of Kowalewich v. Kowalewich establishes that a court need not look for signs of a person’s motivation to avoid child support, his or her bad faith or any “intentional avoidance of a child support obligation before reaching the opinion required to trigger an adjustment under ss. 17 or 18 [of the Guidelines]”.
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