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When parents can’t agree about how much child support should be paid, either parent can apply to court for an order about child support. Both the Supreme Court and the Provincial Court can make orders about child support. Whether parents are able to agree on child support or have to go to court to get an order about child support, how much child support is paid is decided using the Child Support Guidelines. For most parents, the amount of child support is determined by the child support tables. These tables set out how much is owing based on two things: the income of the person paying child support, and the number of children child support is paid for. The tables change from province to province, and the tables to use are the tables for the province where the person paying support lives. | When parents can’t agree about how much child support should be paid, either parent can apply to court for an order about child support. Both the Supreme Court and the Provincial Court can make orders about child support. Whether parents are able to agree on child support or have to go to court to get an order about child support, how much child support is paid is decided using the Child Support Guidelines. For most parents, the amount of child support is determined by the child support tables. These tables set out how much is owing based on two things: the income of the person paying child support, and the number of children child support is paid for. The tables change from province to province, and the tables to use are the tables for the province where the person paying support lives. | ||
''Important note:'' Sometimes parents will try to trade a right to be involved in a child’s life against the duty to pay child support. For example, a parent who would normally receive child support might say that she won’t ask for child support if the other parent will agree to just walk away and to not ask for time with the child. The court will not honour agreements like this. The person who has the right to benefit from child support is the child, not the parent, and a parent cannot bargain away a right that does not belong to him or her. | ::'''Important note:''' Sometimes parents will try to trade a right to be involved in a child’s life against the duty to pay child support. For example, a parent who would normally receive child support might say that she won’t ask for child support if the other parent will agree to just walk away and to not ask for time with the child. The court will not honour agreements like this. The person who has the right to benefit from child support is the child, not the parent, and a parent cannot bargain away a right that does not belong to him or her. | ||
{{REVIEWED | reviewer = [[People's Law School]], 2014}} | {{REVIEWED | reviewer = [[People's Law School]], 2014}} | ||
