Impact of child support on spousal support

AuthorJulien D. Payne - Marilyn A. Payne
Pages369-374
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CHAPTER 8
IMPACT OF CHILD SUPPORT
ONSPOUSALSUPPORT
A. PRIORITY OF CH ILD SUPPORT OVER SPOUSAL SUPPORT;
EFFECTOF CHILD SUPPORT ORDER ON ASSESSMENT OF
SPOUSALSUPPORT
Section . of the Divorce Act provides as follows:
Priority to child s upport
. () Where a court is considering an applicat ion for a child support order and an
application for a spousal support order, the cour t shall give priorit y to child support in
determin ing the applications.
Reasons
. () Where, as a result of giving priorit y to child support, the court is u nable 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 it s reasons 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
was not made, or the amount of a spousa l support order is less than it otherw ise 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 situat ion where the applicat ion 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
Abernethy v. Peacock,  ONSC  .
Hilborn v. Hilborn, [] O.J. No.  (S.C.J.).

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