Is imputation of income to a support payor an exercise of judicial discretion?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Simons v. Comrie, 2020 ONCJ 232 (CanLII):
As the wording of subsection 19(1)(a) of the Guidelines reveals, the imputation of income to a support payor is an exercise of judicial discretion. See also Drygala v. Pauli, supra, at paragraph 44.
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