- Parties: The petitioner was J.R.T. The respondent was D.M.T. 

- Subject Matter: The parties married on Dec. 19, 1998; had two adult children born 1999 and 2001; separated on June 6, 2011; and executed a separation agreement on July 23, 2012. The agreement required the petitioner to pay monthly child support of $500. The agreement provided for the pro-rata sharing of special or extraordinary expenses, such as uninsured health services or extracurricular activities. The parties did not share the special or extraordinary expenses as agreed. The petitioner paid child support until January 2015 but stopped making any payments after that. The parties filed a joint petition for divorce along with a trial record. They sought to incorporate the separation agreement’s provisions as corollary relief to the divorce. 

- Ruling: The court set the petitioner’s child support arrears at $61,434. The court ordered the parties to equally share the costs of braces and eye care for a total of $8,043.84, with each party’s share being $4,021.92. The court ordered the petitioner to pay his equal share to the respondent, who was responsible for this expense and who had paid it. The court refused to order a support payment to be paid directly to the children. 

- Date: The court released its decision on Nov. 21, 2024. 

- Venue: This was a case before the Court of King's Bench of New Brunswick. 

- Amount: The court made no order as to costs, given the mixed result.