Can a spouse impute income to their spouse under section 19 of the BC's Income Guidelines Guidelines?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from E.B.G. v. S.M.B., 2015 BCSC 541 (CanLII):

Section 19 of the Guidelines confers a broad discretion on the court to impute income to a spouse, and provides a non-exhaustive list of circumstances where income may be imputed: Ouellette v. Ouellette, 2012 BCCA 15 at para. 66.

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