As long as both parents are able to earn a living they will be required to pay whatever child support the court determines is reasonable. Click to read.
Child Support
My ex-husband hasn’t paid the last two months of child support. What can I do?
“My ex-husband hasn’t paid the last two months of child support. I found out that he recently took his new girlfriend to the Bahamas. I’m so angry! What can I do?”
Are you entitled to withhold child support until you receive your court-ordered visitation?
Your visitation rights to your children and the child support payments you make are not connected, and you should not behave as if they are.
How is child support determined?
The amount of child support is based on the income of the parent paying it as well as the needs of the child.
How is child support enforced?
A wage-withholding order can be issued as a way to receive child support payments straight from your ex’s earnings, freeing you of having to enforce them in the future.
Are spousal and child support taxable in Canada?
Find out if spousal and child support are taxable and how you can work support payments out to your benefit whether you are the payer or the payee.
Building a Happier Future
All loving parents want the best for their children. You do everything humanly possible to provide for them, to enrich their lives, and to make them feel loved. Perhaps now more than ever, you are acutely conscious of wanting to give your child all the love, support, and guidance he or she needs, but suddenly everything seems harder and more complicated. You and your family are not alone. For more than half of all North American children, divorce is a fact of life.
Reform for the Children’s Sake
There is no area where we need more personal responsibility than in child support. New requirements and new resources will make it more difficult for parents to evade responsibility for their children.
Defining Income for Child Support Purposes Emerging Developments
Chicago, Illinois’s Paul L. Feinstein, family lawyer, discusses income for child support purposes and how to approach settlements with non-recurring income.
Every month my ex is late with his child support payment. Should I withhold …
Late child support payments are payments nonetheless, and there are ways of ensuring that they are delivered more promptly then withholding your children from contact with them.
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