Can a payor's support obligation be reduced if he loses his employment because of a conviction for assault?

Ontario, Canada


The following excerpt is from Gordon v. Wilkins, 2020 ONCJ 115 (CanLII):

[42] In Stoodley v. Klein, 2013 ONSC 3058, the court did not reduce the payor’s support obligation when he lost his employment due to criminal convictions related to assaulting his wife.

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