M. Shared Parenting

• Author: Julien D. Payne - Marilyn A. Payne
• Pages: 356-356

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Subject to a possible extraordinary situation, there is no need to resort to the undue hardship provisions of section 10 of the Federal Child Support Guidelines in shared custody situations falling within section 9 of the Guidelines because the court has full discretion under section 9(c) to consider "other circumstances" in fixing the amount of child support.²⁴⁸[1998] O.J. No. 2163 (Gen. Div.); Nishnik v. Smith, [1997] S.J. No. 812 (Q.B.). Compare Kaupp v. Kaupp, [2008] A.J. No. 668 (Q.B.); Lidstone v. Lidstone, [2003] P.E.I.J. No. 77 (S.C.); Dougan v. Clark, [2003] P.E.I.J. No. 87 (S.C.).

[248] See Contino v. Leonelli-Contino, [2005] 3 S.C.R. 217; see Chapter 6, Section B(3).