Difference between revisions of "Exceptions to the Child Support Guidelines"

Once the 40% threshold issue has been dealt with, the court must then decide how much child support ought to be paid, based on S.9 of the Guidelines. The intention is to reduce any difference in the living standards between the two homes in which the children live after their parents’ separation.   

The starting point of the analysis is to look at the resulting child support amount by offsetting each parent’s obligation under the Guidelines (S. 9(a)).

The court will then look at the increased costs associated with a shared parenting arrangement (S.9 (b)).   

In the leading case on S.9, [http://canlii.ca/t/1lxpf ''Contino v. Leonelli-Contino''], 2005 SCC 63, the Supreme Court of Canada said this with respect to S. 9 (b):