When a husband ceases to work when he could be working, when the wife's income is limited by the husband's lack of income, is that husband's absence of work not a bar to a support order?

Ontario, Canada


The following excerpt is from Pysznyj v. Pysznyj, 2007 CanLII 4881 (ON SC):

In Swallow v. Swallow[3] Beckett U.F.C.J. noted: The case law is well established that when a husband ceases to work when he could be working, his resultant lack of income is no bar to a support order in favour of his dependents …

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