Can a litigant be imputed income if they fail or refuse to disclose their financial circumstances?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from R.T. v J.T, 2018 BCSC 1028 (CanLII):

The court may impute income to litigants who fail or refuse to make full and frank disclosure of their financial circumstances: See Bondine-Shah v. Shah, 2014 BCCA 191 at para. 62; Poursadeghian v. Hashemi-Dahaj, 2010 BCCA 453 [Poursadeghian] at paras. 22-25.

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