Is it reasonable for a payor parent to assume full-time employment rather than a part-time position?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Paheerding v. Palihati, 2009 BCSC 557 (CanLII):

This court has held that it was reasonable for the payor parent to assume full-time employment, rather than part-time employment: Patrick v. Patrick, [1999] B.C.J. No. 1245 (S.C.).

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