Does panic disorder, anxiety and depression affect income imputed to a parent?
Nova Scotia, Canada
The following excerpt is from MacDonald v. Pink, 2011 NSSC 421 (CanLII):
An opposite result is found in Bourque v. Gerlach, [2006] B.C.J. No. 677 (CA). In that case, Rowles J.A. reversed the trial decision, which imputed income to a parent, because of the expert opinions from psychiatrists, including an independent examination, which confirmed that the parent suffered from long standing panic disorder, anxiety, and recurrent depression which was not amenable to treatment. In light of the substantial medical evidence, a link connecting the health needs to the inability to work had been made.
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