The court ordered a phased increase in parenting time, dismissed a section 91 restraining order, fixed interim support, and made targeted disclosure orders.
Family law trial on property division, parenting, child support, spousal support, retroactive support and special costs. Income was imputed to the respondent and special costs awarded.
Division of family property
Reapportionment and excluded property tracing
Imputation of income for support
Allocation of parental responsibilities and parenting time
The court exercised its broad discretion balancing aggravating factors (prior contempt finding, long delay, possible destruction of banking records) against mitigating factors (reliance on former counsel, subsequent diligent efforts by new counsel, lack of benefit to contemnor, and inability to pay), and therefore refused to strike the defence but awarded costs on an accelerated basis (60% of claimed solicitor-client costs, reduced for an unsuccessful issue) and imposed a modest civil fine to mark the contempt; specifically Saarloos to pay $20,100 plus HST and $2,350 disbursements to Mutual a…
The court granted interim family-law relief, imputed the respondent’s income, increased child and spousal support, ordered disclosure, and struck parts of the counterclaim.
The court refused to terminate spousal support, set monthly maintenance at $2,159, ordered child support based on the plaintiff’s support income, and made property and disclosure orders.
Custody, relocation, support, property division, and contempt were contested in this family trial over four children. The court denied relocation to PEI and made support and property orders.