How has the court considered imputed income from a drug dealer?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from J.T.L. v. R.G.L., 2010 BCSC 1233 (CanLII):

In Blumer v. Blumer, 2004 BCSC 314, Paris J. considered the matter of the illegally earned income as it related to a claim for child support. In declining to make an award based on an imputed income based on the father’s earnings as a drug dealer, Paris J. found as follows at paras. 30-31:

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