Does a court have the power to appoint an expert for the purposes of determining income under Rule 20.1(3)?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Mann v. Mann, 2021 ONSC 7821 (CanLII):
A court has the power to appoint an expert for the purposes of determining income under Rule 20.1(3). Appointing an expert for this purpose recognizes the primary objective of the Family Law Rules to deal with cases justly: Fouldis v. Fouldis, 2016 ONSC 4819, at para 28.
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