Impact of child support on spousal support
Author | Julien D. Payne; Marilyn A. Payne |
Pages | 375-380 |
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CHAPTER 8
IMPACT OF CHILD SUPPORT
ONSPOUSALSUPPORT
A. PRIORITY OF CHILD SUPPORT OVER SPOUSAL SUPPORT;
EFFECTOF CHILD SUPPORT ORDER ON ASSESSMENT OF
SPOUSALSUPPORT
Section . of the Divorce Act provides as follows:
Priority to child s upport
. () Where a court is considering an application for a child support order and an appli-
cation for a spousal support order, the court shall give priority to child support in deter-
mining t he applications.
Reasons
() Where, as a result of givi ng priority to child support, the cour t is unable to make a
spousal support order or the cou rt makes a spousal support order in an a mount that is less
than it otherw ise would have been, the court shall record its rea sons for having done so.
Consequences of re duction or termination of child support orde r
() Where, as a result of giving prior ity to child support, a spousal support order w as
not made, or the amount of a spousal support order is less than it otherwise would have
been, any subsequent reduction or term ination of that child support const itutes a change of
circumsta nces for the purposes of applying for a spousa l support order, or a variation order
in respect of the spous al support order, as the case may be.
Section . of the Divorce Act addresses the situation where the application for child
support and the application for spousal support involve members of the same family. It does
not establis h priorities as bet ween sequential fa milies. For example, a former divorced wife’s
order for spousal support will not be subject to a statutor y priority in favour of the obligor’s
Maka v Maka, ONSC .
Hilborn v Hilborn, [] OJ No (SCJ).
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