Border and Border

In the matter of *Border and Border*, Johnston JR made orders concerning spousal maintenance, child support, and legal costs. The proceedings involved a husband and wife, with the court addressing financial arrangements pending further determination of the substantive proceedings.

The court was required to determine the appropriate level of spousal maintenance to be paid by the husband to the wife, and to consider a departure from an administrative assessment of child support. Additionally, the court needed to make orders regarding the payment of the wife's legal costs and the discharge of a debt owed by the wife to a financier.

Johnston JR ordered the husband to pay spousal maintenance of $1600 per week. The court also ordered a departure from the administrative child support assessment, requiring the father to pay $2383 per month for child support, in addition to specific expenses such as health insurance, school fees, and a portion of utility and communication costs. The husband was also ordered to pay the wife's outstanding debt to I Finance and to pay the wife's legal costs on a monthly basis, with the character of these payments to be determined by the trial judge.