What is the legal test for child support when a parent earns income through a closely held corporation?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Hadjioannou v. Hadjioannou, 2013 BCSC 43 (CanLII):
The real question in the case of a parent who earns income through a closely held corporation is what money is available for child support, as held in Kowalewich v. Kowalewich, 2001 BCCA 450 at paras. 28, 43-45 [Kowalewich].
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