child support guidelines

• 'Wrapped in the Flag of the Child': Divorced Parents' Perceptions of and Experiences with the Federal Child Support Guidelines

Law has a significant role in the process of governing life. Because the child support law and policy impose normative and coercive standards for post-divorce parenting, it is essential to ask how traditional meanings of motherhood and fatherhood are being challenged and/or reinforced through the application of this legislation. This article uses interviews with custodial and non-custodial parents to expand our understanding of what is happening "on the ground" pursuant to the child support law reforms. Three key themes will be exposed: parents' interpretations of the normative messages about parental responsibilities received from their legal experiences; the meaning of the "battle" metaphor parents used to describe their experiences navigating the family law system; and the disempower...

• Canadian Journal of Family Law
• Vol. 24 Nbr. 2, July 2008

• Federal Child Support Guidelines - Guidelines Amending

• Canada Gazette Nbr. 181, June 24, 2009
• Part II - Official regulations
• Divorce Act

• Federal Child Support Guidelines — Guidelines Amending

• Canada Gazette Nbr. 7, April 04, 2007
• Part II - Official regulations
• Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act

• Legal Briefs -- What Is Child Support Based On?

[...] if any type of money received by the payor is recurring and the evidence shows a pattern, it should be included in income for child support purposes. Just because you can deduct a particular expense under the Income Tax Act does not necessarily mean the expense is deductible for child support purposes. Because the child support guidelines are based on what the non-custodial parent can afford to pay, the custodial parent's need for support is not relevant.

• Brandon Sun, The
• October 11, 2011

• Federal Child Support Guideline - Guidelines Amending

• Canada Gazette Nbr. 25, December 14, 2005
• Part II - Official regulations
• Divorce Act

• D.B.S. v. S.R.G.; L.J.W. v. T.A.R.; Henry v. Henry; Hiemstra v. Hiemstra, [2006] 2 S.C.R. 231, 2006 SCC 37, 2006 SCC 37 (2006)

...Family law - Maintenance - Child support - Retroactive support - Whether court can ... 15.1, 17, 25.1 - Federal Child Support Guidelines, SOR/97-175, ss. 1 to 4, 9, 10, 14, 25 - Parentage...

• Supreme Court of Canada

• Federal Child Support Guidelines-Guidelines Amending

• Canada Gazette Nbr. 17, August 15, 2001
• Part II - Official regulations
• Divorce Act

• Federal Child Support Guidelines-Guidelines Amending

• Canada Gazette Nbr. 19, September 13, 2000
• Part II - Official regulations
• Divorce Act

• Divorced Dads Face Hefty Back Payments

Henry was hit with the biggest retroactive bill of $108,000. The Calgary father paid modest child support relative to his income, which hovered around $200,000, according to court documents. Meanwhile, his ex-wife struggled financially for a decade -- at one point she had her phone cut off for not paying her bill -- before she finally decided to pursue her ex-husband for more support. The couple had divorced before the child support guidelines took effect nine years ago and the children's mother, Celeste Henry, waited three years to pursue additional support because she could not afford a lawyer, according to court documents. Yesterday's ruling sets out guidelines for judges on when retroactive payments may be ordered, taking into account such factors as the degree of hardship for the p...

• Winnipeg Free Press
• August 11, 2009

• Federal Child Support Guidelines-Guidelines Amending

• Canada Gazette Nbr. 7, March 31, 1999
• Part II - Official regulations
• Divorce Act