K. Reasons for Deviation from Norm to be Judicially Recorded

• Author: Julien D. Payne - Marilyn A. Payne
• Pages: 355-355

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Where a court decides to deviate from the amount of child support that would be granted under sections 3 to 5 or 8 or 9 of the Federal Child Support Guidelines on the ground of undue hardship, section 10(6) of the Guidelines requires the court to record its reasons for doing so.²⁴⁶A written endorsement, unlike a recorded tape of a judicial proceeding, will provide a necessary permanent record of the purpose of section 10(6) of the Guidelines.

[246] Middleton v. MacPherson, [1997] A.J. No. 614 (Q.B.); C.A.E. v. M.D., 2011 NBCA 17; Locke v. Goulding, 2012 NLCA 8.