When will a judge require a Custodial Parent to produce a budget for their child?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Deslauriers v Pommainville, 2017 ONSC 3162 (CanLII):
Budgets are not required according to Francis v. Baker but judges must decide on a case by case basis whether budgets are required. Custodial parents need not justify each and every budgeted expense. The mother did not prepare a budget, nor was she required to do so. She did indicate that she was struggling financially to make ends meet and proposed certain discretionary items for Micah including activities and items.
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