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(This message was added in version 6.7.0.) in /home4/mjonions/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6114Under the Child Support Guidelines, the percentage of income that is payable in child support is dependent upon the parenting time that is allocated to each party, number of children as well as the incomes of each party.\u00a0 You can use our Child Support Calculator<\/a>\u00a0to calculate the amount that may be payable from one parent to the other.<\/p>\n Generally, child support is mandatory to provide financial means for the care of the children. In fact, the legislation imposes a duty on parents and guardians to provide support for their children (Family Law Act, s. 147(1)).<\/p>\n However, there are a few circumstances when child support is not mandatory as follows:<\/p>\n In a shared custody (where the child lives with each parent for at least 40% of the time, over the course of a year), both parents will have to pay each other child support. There are two possible scenarios in this case:<\/p>\n For example, if the child lives 45% of the time over the year with you and the other 55% with your spouse and you both earn $60,000 annually, then both of you will be paying $567 in child support to the other parent. However, in actuality, since the amount paid by each parent to the other is the same, there is no extra payment by either party in support as both amounts are set-off against each other.<\/p>\n Please note that while it may seem redundant for the parties to make the payments in the same amount to each other, it may be necessary to do so in order to qualify for certain tax credits with the Canada Revenue Agency.<\/p>\n For example, if you earn $80,000 and you have shared custody of one child, you would pay $765 to your spouse. Under the same parenting arrangement, if your spouse earns $60,000, the amount that your spouse would pay you is $567. The payments by each parent to the other are set-off against each other, resulting in the lesser earning parent (with $60,000 income) earning $198 extra in support payments.<\/p>\n The Federal Child Support Guidelines calculates Child support as a base amount of support depending on the payer\u2019s income, which covers general support for the child. Other than the base child support amounts there is also special or extraordinary expenses, which are not included in the base amount of child support. These amounts of extraordinary expenses also known as section 7 expenses are listed on the Federal Child Support Guidelines<\/a> as follows:<\/p>\n The special or extraordinary expenses are usually shared between the parents in proportion to their respective incomes.<\/p>\n For example, for a parent earning $80,000 and the other parent earning $60,000, the extraordinary expenses would be divided by adding the two incomes together and dividing the total by the parties income to get the proportional amount ($80,000 + $60,000 = $140,000 \/ $80,000 = 57% and $140,000\/$60,000 = 43%).<\/p>\n There is no average child support payment for one child as child support is dependent on the parties\u2019 incomes and the parenting arrangement. The base amount of child support is found in the Federal Child Support Guidelines tables for British Columbia. \u00a0There is also extraordinary expenses that would be incurred on behalf of the child that would not be part of the base amount of child support, but would be divided by the parents in proportion to their respective incomes.<\/p>\n We, at M.J. O\u2019Nions Lawyer & Mediator, have succeeded in making and obtaining many favourable applications for child support and parenting arrangements. Give us a call at 604-449-7779<\/a> or email us<\/a>. We are here to help.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What percentage of your income do you have to pay in child support? Under the Child Support Guidelines, the percentage of income that is payable in child support is dependent upon the parenting time that is allocated to each party, number of children as well as the incomes of each party.\u00a0 You can use our…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nIs child support mandatory in Canada?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Do you still have to pay child support if you have 50 50 custody?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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What is covered in child support?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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What is the average child support payment for one child?<\/strong><\/h2>\n