Low and high income earners; annual income over $150,000

• Author: Julien D. Payne/Marilyn A. Payne
• Pages: 335-343

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LOW AND HIGH INCOME EARNERS;

ANNUAL INCOME OVER $150,000

A. LOW INCOME EARNERS

e provincia l or territorial tables under the Federal Child Support Guideline s have a min-

imum annual income or poverty threshold below which no f‌ixed amount of basic child

support is payableand any existing order should be terminated.In these circumstances,

however, a court may direct the non-custodial parent to provide the custodial parentor the

provincial maintenance enforcement of‌f‌icewith f‌ina ncial s tatement s at design ated inter-

vals.

Whereaparentisrelievedofthelegalobligationtopaythebasicamountoftablesup-

portbecausehisorherincomefallsbelowtheminimumthreshold,acourtmayalsoreject

anyclaimtoexpensesundersectionoftheFederal Child Support Guidelines even though

“means” under sect ion () of the Guidelines i s a broader concept than income earn ing cap-

acity in that “means” includes all of a person’s pecuniary resources, capital assets, income

from employment or earn ing capacit y, and any other source from which a person receive s

gains or benef‌its, togetherw ith,in certain circumstances,money whichthe person doesnot

have in possession but which is avai lable to that person. e f act that the g uidelines doe s

not prescribe a basic c hild support p ayment for parents wit h income below the mi nimum

threshold ref‌lects the reality that everyone requires a certain amount of money simply to

survive.Itwouldappeartobeirrationalifaparentwhoisunabletopaythebaselevelof

Sampson v. Sampson, [] A.J.No.  (Q.B.);Adamson v. Adamson, [] B.C.J. No.  (C.A.);

Smith v. Smith,[]B.C.J.No. (S.C.)(acourtisnotentitledtotaketheparent’snewspouse’s

incomeinto account);Mabbett v. Mabbett,[]N.S.J.No. (S.C.);Larkin v. Jamieson, []P.E.I.J.

No.(S.C.);R.B.K. v. A.M.K.,[] S.J. No.  (Q.B.); compare Uto v. Szemok, [] B.C.J. No. 

(S.C.).

Oliver v. Oliver,[]A.J.No. (Q.B.);istle v. ompson,[]N.J.No.(S.C.)(prospectiveand

retroactive variationwith partial remissionof arrears);Keefe v. Randall, []N. S.J. No.  (S.C.); P.M.

v. D.J .T.,[] O.J. No.  (S.C.J.); Gershon v. Shulson,[]S.J.No. (Q.B.).

Ibid.

Dietz v. Dietz,[]S.J.No. (Q.B.).