Difference between revisions of "Changing Family Law Orders, Awards and Agreements Involving Child Support"

<blockquote><blockquote><tt>(a) that special provisions in an order, a judgment or a written agreement respecting the financial obligations of the spouses, or the division or transfer of their property, directly or indirectly benefit a child, or that special provisions have otherwise been made for the benefit of a child; and</tt></blockquote></blockquote>

<blockquote><blockquote><tt>(b) that the application of the applicable guidelines would result in an amount of child support that is inequitable given those special provisions.</tt></blockquote></blockquote>

<blockquote><tt>(6.4) Notwithstanding subsection (6.1), a court may award an amount that is different from the amount that would be determined in accordance with the applicable guidelines on the consent of both spouses if it is satisfied that reasonable arrangements have been made for the support of the child to whom the order relates.</tt></blockquote>

<blockquote><tt>(6.5) For the purposes of subsection (6.4), in determining whether reasonable arrangements have been made for the support of a child, the court shall have regard to the applicable guidelines. However, the court shall not consider the arrangements to be unreasonable solely because the amount of support agreed to is not the same as the amount that would otherwise have been determined in accordance with the applicable guidelines.</tt></blockquote>