A special calculation must be made for parents who earn over $150,000. In such cases, the parent must pay the Guidelines amount for the first $150,000 and then the remaining income is considered by the judge. Often the judge will still award the amount under the Guidelines for the remaining income, but there is room …
Read MoreChild Support: The Basics In Ontario the Child Support Guidelines are used to calculate and determine the monthly child support amounts paid by one parent to the other for the benefit of the child(ren). Parents are legally obligated to support all of their dependent children. This is required as long as the child is a …
Read MoreIf child support is not paid, the court has many options it can use for enforcement. Enforcement is done through the Family Responsibility Office (FRO), a provincial government office who receives all court orders for support. If you come to an agreement about support, you can also file this with the court in order to …
Read MoreNo. Agreements or court orders for child support made after April 30, 1997 are not subject to tax for the parent receiving the support. It is not included in the receiving parent’s taxable income and the parent paying support may not be deducted from their taxable income. Orders and agreements made before this, however, are …
Read MoreAs long as a child remains a dependant, they are entitled to support. A child under the age of 18 is considered a dependant unless they marry or voluntarily withdraw from parental control (at 16 years of age or older). A child over 18 may still be deemed a dependant if he or she is …
Read MoreSupport can be modified by agreement or by making a motion to change support. If both parents agree to change the agreement for child support, the process is simple. The parents can change their existing agreement or make a new agreement. The new agreement must then simply be filed with the court and mailed to the …
Read MoreChild Support Guidelines Commentary What are the Child Support Guidelines? The Child Support Guidelines were introduced by the Federal government in 1997 (later amended in 2006 and again in 2012) and were later adopted by the province of Ontario. The Guidelines provide rules and tables to help calculate the support a parent, who does not have …
Read MoreThe only times when no support would be paid to anyone is the rare case where both parents have the same income and spend the same amount of time with the child. Otherwise, the tables act as a guide. The tables are intended for families where one parent has the child most of the time. …
Read MoreChild Support is the financial contribution paid by a parent to help provide for his or her children, who are not in that parent’s custody. Under the Guidelines, child support will be determined by a set formula, rather than decided on a case-by-case basis by a judge. The amount of the payment is based on …
Read MoreYes. Since stock options often form part of the salary of recipients, they should be counted for child support purposes. If stock options were only counted once they were exercised, vast amount of income in high salary earners would be lost and unavailable for child support
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