Appendix B. Federal child support guidelines

• Author: Julien D. Payne - Marilyn A. Payne
• Pages: 633-652

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FEDERAL CHILD SUPPORT GUIDELINES

(Note: is is an unof‌f‌ici al version for reference only. Please refer to the of‌f‌icial version if citing or

quoting this legislative material.)

FEDERAL CHILD SUPPORT GUIDELINES

Current to September , 

SOR/-

Divorce Act

Registration --

Federal Ch ild Support Guidelines

P.C. - --

His Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of

Justice, pursuant to section .a of the Divorce Actb, hereby establishes the annexed Fede ral

Child Support Guidelin es.

aS.C. , c. , s. 

bR.S., c.  (nd Supp.)

OBJECTIVES

Objectives

. e objectives of these Guidelines a re

(a) to establish a fair standard of support for children that ensures that they continue

to benef‌it from the f‌inancial means of bot h spouses after separation;

(b) to reduce conf‌lict and tension bet ween spouses by making the calculation of child

support orders more objec tive;

(c) to improve the ef‌f‌iciency of the legal process by giving court s and spouses guidance

in setting the levels of ch ild support orders and encouraging sett lement; and

(d) to ensure consistent treatment of spouses and children who are in similar circum-

stances.

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INTERPRETATION

Def‌initions

. () e def‌initions in this subsection apply in t hese Guidelines.

“Ac t ”

“Act” means the Divorce Act.

“child”

“child” means a chi ld of the marriage.

“income”

“income” means the an nual income determined under sections  to .

“orde r ass igne e”

“order assignee” means a minist er, member or agency referred to in subsection .() of the Act

to whom a child support order is assigned i n accordance with that subsection.

“spouse”

“spouse” has the meaning a ssigned by subsection () of the Act, and includes a former spouse.

“table”

“table” means a federal chi ld support table set out in Schedule I.

universal c hild care benef‌it”

“universal child care benef‌it” means a benef‌it provided under section  of the Universal Child

Care Benef‌it Act.

Income Tax Act

() Words and expressions that are used i n sections  to  and that are not def‌ined in this

section have the meaning s assigned to them under the Income Tax Act.

Most current information

() Where, for the purposes of these Guidelines, a ny amount is determined on the basis of

specif‌ied information, t he most current information must be used.

Application of Gu idelines

() In addition to child support orders, these Guidelines apply, with such modif‌ications as

the circum stances require, to

(a) interim orders under subsections .() and () of the Act;

(b) orders varying a child support order;

(c) orders referred to in subsection () of the Act; and

(d) reca lculations under paragraph .()(b) of the Act.

Recalculations

() For greater certainty, the provisions of these Guidelines that confer a discretionary

power on a court do not apply to recalculations under pa ragraph .()(b) of the Act by a prov-

incial ch ild support service.

SOR/-, s. .