Is it appropriate to impute to the payor the income that he would have earned if he had not quit his job?

Ontario, Canada


The following excerpt is from Lindsay v. Jeffrey, 2014 ONCJ 1 (CanLII):

[44] In Thompson v. Gilchrest, supra, the court found that it was appropriate to impute to the payor the income that he would have earned if he hadn’t quit his job. The court writes at paragraphs 37-39:

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