What is the burden of establishing an evidentiary basis for imputing income to the other spouse?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Bartch v Bartch, 2019 BCSC 1643 (CanLII):
The party seeking to impute income to the other spouse has the burden of establishing an evidentiary basis for doing so: Marquez v. Zapiola, 2013 BCCA 433 at para 36. Thus, the respondent submits it is the claimant’s responsibility to provide evidence of employment available to him.
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