Difference between revisions of "Family Law Act Basics"
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*the payor has an income of more than $150,000 per year, | *the payor has an income of more than $150,000 per year, | ||
*the payor is a stepparent or a guardian who isn't a parent, | *the payor is a stepparent or a guardian who isn't a parent, | ||
*one or more children live mostly with each guardian (a split custody arrangement), | *one or more children live mostly with each guardian (a ''split custody'' arrangement), | ||
*the guardians share the children’s time equally or almost equally (a shared custody arrangement), or | *the guardians share the children’s time equally or almost equally (a ''shared custody'' arrangement), or | ||
*the payment of the tables amount would cause "undue hardship" to either the recipient or the payor. | *the payment of the tables amount would cause "undue hardship" to either the recipient or the payor. | ||
:(Note: even though the ''Family Law Act'' does not use the term ''custody'', it is used in the Guidelines which is why it appears above.) | |||
The ''Family Law Act'' doesn’t change how any of these problems are handled. What the ''Family Law Act'' does change is the calculation of child support for guardians who are not parents and for stepparents. Under the act, the child support obligations of guardians who are not parents come second to the obligations of parents. The child support obligations of stepparents come second to both parents and guardians, and the amount of support a stepparent should pay is based on: | The ''Family Law Act'' doesn’t change how any of these problems are handled. What the ''Family Law Act'' does change is the calculation of child support for guardians who are not parents and for stepparents. Under the act, the child support obligations of guardians who are not parents come second to the obligations of parents. The child support obligations of stepparents come second to both parents and guardians, and the amount of support a stepparent should pay is based on: | ||