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Jurisdiction
From: Child Support Guidelines, 2020
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Discusses jurisdiction, focusing on judicial jurisdiction over original applications for child support on or after divorce, legislative authority of parliament, the role of the Charter, competing jurisdictions under provincial and federal legislation, the status of applicants, third-party payments, the question of children residing outside Canada and the effect of death.
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Julien D. Payne
Julien D Payne, CM, QC, LLD, LSM, FRSC, is one of Canada’s pre-eminent family law specialists, and has been called the architect of the Unified Family Court and the no-fault divorce. He has taught family law at the universities of Alberta, Ottawa, Saskatchewan, and Western University, and has written extensively about family law and family dispute resolution. Payne is the author of Payne on Divorce, 4th ed (Carswell, 1996), and is the co-author of Canadian Family Law (Irwin Law). His writings have been cited in more than 2,000 cases 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.
