Is underemployment, absent a child's special needs, justified?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from M.W.B. v. A.R.B., 2011 BCSC 1663 (CanLII):
A parent’s desire to be available for children before and after school is not a sufficient reason to justify underemployment, absent a child’s special needs: Llewellyn v. Llewellyn, 2002 BCCA 182, 99 B.C.L.R. (3d) 361.
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