Child support involves providing comprehensive guidance and representation to ensure that client's and their child's interests are adequately protected. We advise clients on the intricacies of child support, explaining the factors courts consider, such as both parents' incomes, custody arrangements, and the child's needs. Assist in gathering and presenting accurate financial information, including income statements, tax returns, and expense records, to ensure a fair and equitable determination of child support.
If one parent has the child(ren) for 60% of the time or more, the other parent must pay child support based on the tabled amount for Alberta according to their income and the number of children according to the child support guidelines.
If the parents share parenting time 50/50, each parent pays the tabled amount to the other parent. Effectively, this means the higher income earner pays the lower income earner the difference between the two tabled amounts.
Special and extraordinary expenses: Basic child support payments are expected to cover all basic expenses of the child(ren) including food, clothing, and transportation for example. Special and extraordinary expenses are payments for things that are peculiar to your child(ren) including Medical and dental expenses like eyewear and braces for exampleother special needs that your child may have;
Child Custody and Access, more formally referred to in the legal world as “parenting,” is often the most contentious topic in family law. The Best Interest of the Child(ren) is the primary consideration when courts and lawyers in Alberta (and across Canada) are determining the appropriate parenting arrangement. Status Quo: Status Quo refers to the legal principle that the current child custody and access arrangement that is in place will many times be the best arrangement for a child because continuing with what the child is used to is not disruptive to the child whereas changing what the child has become comfortable with will many times not be in the best interest of the child. The status quo is not always in the best interest of a child and if one party can demonstrate that the best interests of a child would be better met with a new arrangement, they can therefore convince a judge or an opposing party to order or agree to a new child custody and access schedule or more broadly, a different parenting plan entirely.
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