The court ordered an interim parenting schedule after the child’s relocation to Nova Scotia, denied child support relief for travel costs, and made no order on ski equipment.
On rehearing, the court set aside an interim contact order and restored the status quo, holding the claimant had not proved contact was in the child’s best interests.
Contact with non-guardian
Best interests of the child
Standard of review for master's orders
Parental responsibilities and deference to guardian
Application to vary or terminate spousal support dismissed because the defendant did not prove a material change in circumstances since the earlier order.
The appeal is dismissed because the trial judge provided cogent reasons for imputing income to the appellant, including findings of misrepresentation and inclusion of barter value, and properly relied on findings of parental alienation to support imputation of income; the imputation to the respondent of a 30-hour week at $10 per hour was not shown to be unreasonable; no error of principle or palpable misapprehension of evidence was demonstrated.
The court varied summer parenting time, set 2012 holiday rotation rules, imposed email response timelines, and declined to order a general duty of “respect.”
Les motifs supplémentaires rejettent la demande de réexamen: la Cour maintient l’essentiel des minutes de règlement, fixe certains libellés et n’impose pas d’autres modifications.
The court ordered six months of counselling-only access, then resumed access under the 2001 order, and refused retroactive child support variation except for one year of arrears.
The court held that Paige remains a child of the marriage and is dependent; Mr. Colpitts underpaid support in prior years and failed to comply with disclosure obligations; the court calculated arrears, credited prior payments, fixed arrears at $3,000, ordered ongoing support adjustments effective April 1, 2008, required Mr. Colpitts to pay $200/month for Paige and to be obligated to pay $443/month going forward, and permitted an interim repayment schedule of $943/month until arrears are cleared after which maintenance reduces to $443/month.