What is the test for an "under-employed" parent to have to pay child support?
Saskatchewan, Canada
The following excerpt is from Hinds v Jacobs, 2018 SKQB 51 (CanLII):
... The term "under-employed" concerns situations where a parent, for whatever reason, chooses to earn less than they are capable of earning. "Intentionally" does not necessarily mean that the parent in question is attempting to avoid paying child support or does not care for the child. A subjective intent to evade or reduce a child support obligation is therefore not necessary. See: Beisel v. Henderson, 2004 SKQB 280, [2006] 2 W.W.R. 502.
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