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Have you been honest in paying child support? Well in Canada that's not good enough!
| quote: | It’s a decision that could result in a serious jump in child support payments for parents across the country.
Toronto lawyers filed an appeal with the Supreme Court of Canada on behalf of four Alberta fathers who were ordered to provide huge sums of money for retroactive support payments – one of the parents was asked to hand over more than half of his annual income in one shot.
An Alberta court ordered the dads to provide the immediate payments stretching back as far as 1997 based on their incomes over the years.
The fathers have always complied with the courts, but problems arose thanks to unsettled business between the federal and provincial governments regarding support payment calculations.
Eight years ago, Ottawa set out guidelines for child support, which calculate the amount a parent has to pay based on their tax returns. The feds would then let parents know about any adjustments. But part of the agreement stated that the provinces had to sign on to the plan, which they didn’t.
Separated and divorced parents currently figure out how much the payments will be by working out an agreement with their lawyers, or, they receive a court order telling them how much they have to provide.
But some lawyers argue that as a person’s situation changes – they make more money annually, or they remarry – the amount they provide for their children should change.
And that means anyone who’s been paying child support under a court order or a separation agreement made within the last 15 years may have to make the back payments.
One of the divorced dads in the appeal has been ordered to pay $100,000 in retroactive support – that’s more than half of his yearly income. Another parent who has never made more than $23,000 a year has been told he has to pay $10,000 in back claims.
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Disgusting. Something has to be done. There should be income support limits. Why should you pay a woman 50,000 a month just because you are a millionaire? The payment is for the clothing, shelter and education of a child. This can be easily achieved for no more than $2000 a month maximum (assuming that she is also responsible for the other half)
This is getting out of hand. No wonder so many honest guys these days simply just leave the country.
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Everything in this country is illegal. |
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fucking hell.
Why are people getting so greedy?!
