Appendix B. Federal child support guidelines
| Author | Julien D. Payne - Marilyn A. Payne |
| Pages | 633-652 |
633
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 i n Council, on the recommendation of the Mi nister of
Justice, pursuant to sect ion .a of the Divorce Actb, hereby establishes the annexed Fede ral
Child Support Guidelin es.
a S.C. , c. , s.
b R.S., c. (nd Supp.)
OBJECTIVES
Objective s
. e objectives of these Guidelines a re
(a) to establish a fa ir standard of support for children that ensu res 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 sim ilar circum-
stances.
634 CHILD SUPPORT GUIDELINES IN CANADA, 2017
INTERPRETATION
Definition s
. () e definitions in this subsection apply in t hese Guidelines.
“Ac t ”
“Act” means the Divorce Act.
“chi ld ”
“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 ca re benefit” means a benefit provided under sect ion 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 a s
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 Guideli nes that confer a discretionar y
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. .
To continue reading
Request your trial