What is the test for imputed income in the calculation of child support?
Alberta, Canada
The following excerpt is from W.D.G. v. D.L.G., 2009 ABQB 340 (CanLII):
Imputed income is a method courts use to assign an income to a parent for the purpose of child support. If the court finds that either parent for the purpose of undermining or avoiding support obligations, or without other just cause, is voluntarily underemployed or unemployed, then the court will impute income to that parent. The court will use this imputed income to calculate the child support owed. See Hunt v. Smolis-Hunt, 2001 ABCA 229, 286 A.R. 248.
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