BC family law practitioners have come to believe that the courts will almost routinely allow for a retroactive child support correction in cases where a payor’s income has increased on an annual basis from the amount that was originally used to calculate the child support obligation. However, it is now critical that family law lawyers […]
Restrictive Retroactive Child Support Guidelines Decision Could Spell Disaster for Children and for Family Lawyers who fail to include annual Child Support Reviews
BC family law practitioners have come to believe that the courts will almost routinely allow for a retroactive child support correction in cases where a payor’s income has increased on an annual basis from the amount that was originally used to calculate the child support obligation. However, it is now critical that family law lawyers […]
Using Section 18(1) of the Child Support Guidelines to Reduce the Guideline Income for Self Employed Persons
You can use section 18(1) of the child support guidelines to reduce the guideline income for self employed persons to a fraction of their tax return line 150 income.In our recent case success, our client’s tax return income was almost $600,000 but the court attributed a fair wage to him under section 18(1)(b) of $200,000. […]
