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Exceptions to the Child Support Guidelines (view source)
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The fundamental purpose of child support is to help cover some of the expenses paid by the parent or guardian who has the children most of the time, on the assumption that the person who has the children most of the time will bear a greater share of the direct and indirect <span class="noglossary">costs</span> associated with raising the children. Where parents have split custody (each parent has the primary residence of one or more children) or shared custody (the parents share the children's time equally or near-equally), these <span class="noglossary">costs</span> are presumed to be shared more equally. As a result, the Guidelines make an exception to the normal rules. | The fundamental purpose of child support is to help cover some of the expenses paid by the parent or guardian who has the children most of the time, on the assumption that the person who has the children most of the time will bear a greater share of the direct and indirect <span class="noglossary">costs</span> associated with raising the children. Where parents have split custody (each parent has the primary residence of one or more children) or shared custody (the parents share the children's time equally or near-equally), these <span class="noglossary">costs</span> are presumed to be shared more equally. As a result, the Guidelines make an exception to the normal rules. | ||
<span style="color:#D2691E">'''Important changes'''</span> <br /> | |||
As a result of the changes to the ''Divorce Act'', the language used in the Child Support Guidelines has also changed. "Split custody" is now known as ''split parenting time'' and "shared custody" is now known as ''shared parenting time''. | |||
===Split custody=== | ===Split custody=== | ||