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Her assets include two West Vancouver properties — a home and business — with a combined value of $5.3 million, business interests that include a family trust, Jody’s Fine Foods Inc., and Glass House Holdings Ltd., and art valued at $120,000.

According to her F8 financial statement cited in the ruling, Claman is spending $2,400 per year on restaurant bills and $2,100 per month on personal clothing, cosmetics, hygiene, life insurance, dry cleaning and entertainment, amounting to a sum of over $25,000 per year on personal expenses. She is also paying $3,600 for an annual membership at Hollyburn Country Club and $2,400 per year for ski lessons for her child.

She listed loans from her friends in the amount of $869,730.70.

Based on her lifestyle and the expenses claimed on her financial statements, Justice Gropper found that Claman’s income is $200,000 annually.

“Like every other parent, Ms. Claman must do whatever is necessary to support her child. She cannot rely on a self-induced reduction of income. Frankly, it is perplexing that on one hand Ms. Claman empathizes how much she loves her daughter and on the other, refuses to support her. While the child is young and likely (unaware) of the position that her mother is taking concerning her support, as she grows older, she will be bewildered by her mother’s position that she cannot or will not provide financial support to her,” Gropper said in her ruling.

Gropper ordered Claman pay monthly child support of $1,693 and retroactive child support $49,047, dating back to Jan. 1, 2016.

Claman must also pay a 50 per cent share of retroactive special and extraordinary expenses which averaged $700 per month dating back to 2015.

“I am unable to calculate the amount owing by Ms. Claman of these expenses. Mr. Friedlander will provide his calculation of the retroactive amount owing and that sum shall be payable by Ms. Claman to him forthwith,” Gropper said.

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