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Difference between revisions of "Changing Family Law Orders, Awards and Agreements Involving Child Support"

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When an application to vary a child support order is brought, one or both parties may have to produce their financial information. This information is almost always given in a Financial Statement, which is Form F8 in the Supreme Court or Form 4 in the Provincial Court, and which, like affidavits, must be sworn before a notary or a lawyer or a commissioner for taking affidavits:
When an application to vary a child support order is brought, one or both parties may have to produce their financial information. This information is almost always given in a Financial Statement, which is Form F8 in the Supreme Court or Form 4 in the Provincial Court, and which, like affidavits, must be sworn before a notary or a lawyer or a commissioner for taking affidavits:


*The payor must produce a financial statement dealing with his or her income if the payor is paying child support according to the tables.
*The payor must produce a financial statement dealing with their income if the payor is paying child support according to the tables.
*Both parties must produce financial statements dealing with income if custody is shared or split.
*Both parties must produce financial statements dealing with income if custody is shared or split.
*Both parties must produce complete financial statements covering income, expenses, assets and liabilities if there is a claim about the children's special expenses, or a claim for undue hardship, or the payor's income is above $150,000 per year, or one or more of the children are over the age of majority.
*Both parties must produce complete financial statements covering income, expenses, assets and liabilities if there is a claim about the children's special expenses, or a claim for undue hardship, or the payor's income is above $150,000 per year, or one or more of the children are over the age of majority.