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All matters are settled in our case except child support.
Ex has been claiming to be “unemployed” for over a year now with nothing to back this claim up. At our SC last month I asked for an order for him to disclose some very specific info including bank statements and info on places of employment that I know he was actually working at last year (I listed them by name). Judge granted the order, gave ex 30 days to disclose.
Ex has until next week to disclose. I suspect he either will not disclose at all, or will maybe disclose some random useless bits of information so he can delay further.
I have searched this forum and it would seem the next step would be a motion for contempt or just push to trial.
HOWEVER.... I have very good evidence of his current employment as well as last year. I also have his income tax returns from ‘15, ‘16 and ‘17 which he provided at our first CC last year. Although all 3 show around the same income ($25-30,000) they also show multiple places of employment and periods where he collected EI (he job jumps and gets fired a lot) He is capable of making $25-$30 an hour but usually gets fired after 4-6 months, and will be unemployed for a month or two, and also works for cash a lot. Realistically he is capable of making around $50,000/year- was employed in a construction/road building union while we were together, and became employed as a Hydro One linesman shortly after we separated.
With all of this info, would it not be better for me to just file for a motion to impute income? I really don’t need the info the judge ordered him to disclose as I have enough evidence of my own (although it would make my task marginally easier) And would it be smart for me to ask for an impute around the $50 mark as I can prove he is capable of making that? Or should I play it safe and stick to what his 3 years of income tax returns show what he made?
Ex has been claiming to be “unemployed” for over a year now with nothing to back this claim up. At our SC last month I asked for an order for him to disclose some very specific info including bank statements and info on places of employment that I know he was actually working at last year (I listed them by name). Judge granted the order, gave ex 30 days to disclose.
Ex has until next week to disclose. I suspect he either will not disclose at all, or will maybe disclose some random useless bits of information so he can delay further.
I have searched this forum and it would seem the next step would be a motion for contempt or just push to trial.
HOWEVER.... I have very good evidence of his current employment as well as last year. I also have his income tax returns from ‘15, ‘16 and ‘17 which he provided at our first CC last year. Although all 3 show around the same income ($25-30,000) they also show multiple places of employment and periods where he collected EI (he job jumps and gets fired a lot) He is capable of making $25-$30 an hour but usually gets fired after 4-6 months, and will be unemployed for a month or two, and also works for cash a lot. Realistically he is capable of making around $50,000/year- was employed in a construction/road building union while we were together, and became employed as a Hydro One linesman shortly after we separated.
With all of this info, would it not be better for me to just file for a motion to impute income? I really don’t need the info the judge ordered him to disclose as I have enough evidence of my own (although it would make my task marginally easier) And would it be smart for me to ask for an impute around the $50 mark as I can prove he is capable of making that? Or should I play it safe and stick to what his 3 years of income tax returns show what he made?
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