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ISBN: 9781552214664-01

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Criteria and Objectives of Child Support

From: Child Support Guidelines in Canada, 2017

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Introduces the criteria and objectives of child support, focusing on the relevance of income tax, statutory provisions regulating child support, relevant circumstances including fixed table amount, judicial discretion, condition, means and needs. The Federal Child Support Guidelines is also discussed alongside provincial legislation.

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Julien D. Payne

Julien D. Payne, CM, QC, LLD, LSM, FRSC, one of Canada’s foremost family law specialists, has been called the architect of the Unified Family Court and no-fault divorce. He has taught family law at the Universities of Alberta, Western Ontario, Ottawa, and Saskatchewan and has written extensively about family law and family dispute resolution. His writings have been cited on hundreds of occasions by trial courts and appellate courts in Canada, including the Supreme Court of Canada. He was awarded the Law Society Medal by the Law Society of Upper Canada in 2002 and was made a member of the Order of Canada in 2004. Julien D. Payne is the co-author of Child Support Guidelines in Canada, 2017, published by Irwin Law.

Marilyn A. Payne

Marilyn A. Payne is an experienced author and the founding editor of Payne’s Divorce and Family Law Digest. She is the co-author of Child Support Guidelines in Canada, 2017, published by Irwin Law.