Access To Your Children
The child should spend sufficient time with both parents regardless of them being separated or divorced. The child should spend enough time in order to create a meaningful relationship with each parent. The child’s primary place of residence will decide the parent whom he/she spends the majority of time with. The other parent will be given the right to access the child.
How To Calculate Child Support
The Child Support Guidelines determine the basic monthly financial support to be provided by the paying parent. These are set out in the Government of Canada’s child support tables. They are calculated by taking into account the total gross annual income of the parents and the number of dependent children.
Child Support After My Kids Turn 18
A child above the age of 18 years, may still be considered as a dependent child based on the factors::
When A Parent Is Evading Child Support Payments
Sometimes a paying parent tries to avoid paying child support by concealing the total income earned or avoids child support payment by being underemployed, employed only on part time basis or working for cash. The paying parent may deliberately try to evade their responsibility by not reporting their total income earned and providing falsified information.
CHILD SUPPORT: The Who, What’s, and Where’s
The law requires all parents to financially support their dependent children. Children are “Dependent” until the age of 18 years or sometimes older in extra-ordinary such as post-secondary education. The parent of the child can include the birth parent, a non-birth parent, an adoptive parent or even a step-parent. Therefore, potentially any person having parental status must support their children.
What to Expect When You’re Getting a Divorce
Planning a separation and divorce can sweep the legs out from under you, especially when you have never been here before. But that does not mean the entire divorce process needs to be the same way as long as you can plan, be patient and more than anything else be realistic about what is going to happen next.
Adultery, Affairs and Divorce – What Cheating Means
In Canada, the only grounds needed for a divorce is the breakdown of a marriage. This can be proven in one of three ways: You and your spouse live separated and apart for one year, one spouse has been physically or mentally cruel to the other spouse, or a spouse has committed adultery.
What Are Unbundled Services?
Sometimes you can’t afford to hire a professional to help with the entire divorce process or only want to hire a professional for specific services. Some family professionals like lawyers, mediators or financial professionals, provide what are called “unbundled services” or “limited scope retainer” services. This means you can hire them to help with a certain part of your Family Law problem only.
What is Parenting Time or Parent Access?
Parenting time is the time your child spends with either parent, according to what is written in the Parenting Plan of your Separation Agreement or in a court order. It will be part of your parenting schedule.
Top 10 Divorce Mistakes
The Ontario divorce process is complex and the entire ordeal can feel completely overwhelming. But failing to understand your unique circumstances and how they will play out in the course of your separation can cause serious dilemmas down the line, especially if you make any of these Ten common (but avoidable) mistakes:
