What is the impact of expert evidence on the calculation of income for child support purposes?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Emmerson v. Emmerson, 2012 ONSC 3086 (CanLII):
In Sharma v. Sunak [2011] O.J. No. 5929 McGee J. noted the importance of expert evidence and stated at para. 21: It will be the uncommon case that will not require some level of expert assistance to value income per section 18 of the Federal Child Support Guidelines and party’s own interest in an incorporated or unincorporated company.
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