Law 2101 Lecture : fl4.docx

• School: Western University
• Department: Law
• Course: Law 2101
• Professor: Mysty Sybil Clapton

Document Summary

Extended parent child relationship: general test: did the adult and child interrelate as a parent and child would, factors, interaction, financial provision, disciplinary action, representation to outside world, child"s relationship with absent biological parent, length of relationship. Child support guidelines: goals, easy to apply formula, adequate amounts, consistency between cases, predictability & certainty, settlements, not litigation, federal and provincial, ontario"s guidelines essentially identical to federal ones, not guidelines , legally binding rules, general formula with some exceptions (flexibility for specified circumstances, flexibility undercuts certainty etc, factors under general formula, residence of payor, number of children to whom the order relates , payor"s income, example: father has primary care of three children. Shared in proportion to incomes of parents, after deducting the contribution, if any, of child: expenses covered by s. 7, child care expenses, medical & dental expenses, extraordinary expenses for primary or secondary education, post secondary education, extraordinary expenses for extra curricular activities.