Can a foster parent's income be imputed in the Guideline under s. 19 of the Child Support Guidelines?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from S.H. v. L.H., 2016 BCSC 353 (CanLII):
In Cole v. Cole, 2010 BCSC 1330, Butler J. decided that non‑taxable foster parent allowances, or some portion of them, were to be imputed in the father's Guideline income under s. 19. Since the father derived a significant portion of income from a source exempt from tax, s. 19(1)(b) and s. 19(1)(h) permitted the court to impute income to him to the extent he had additional income available for child support.
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