Changing Orders in Family Matters: Difference between revisions
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<blockquote><blockquote><tt>(c) in the case of an order made before May 1, 1997, the coming into force of section 15.1 of the Act ...</tt></blockquote></blockquote> | <blockquote><blockquote><tt>(c) in the case of an order made before May 1, 1997, the coming into force of section 15.1 of the Act ...</tt></blockquote></blockquote> | ||
====Financial | ====Financial Statements==== | ||
When an application to vary a child support order is brought, one or both parties will have to produce fresh financial information. This information is almost always given | When an application to vary a child support order is brought, one or both parties will have to produce fresh financial information. This information is almost always given through a Financial Statement, Form F8 of Supreme Court Family Rules, which described a person's income, expenses, assets and liabilities and is given on the person's oath or affirmation like an affidavit. These are the rules about who may have to produce a Financial Statement: | ||
*The payor must produce a | *The payor must produce a Financial Statement dealing with his or her income if the payor is paying child support according to the tables. | ||
*Both parties must produce | *Both parties must produce Financial Statement dealing with income if custody is shared or split. | ||
*Both parties must produce complete | *Both parties must produce complete Financial Statement covering income, expenses, assets and liabilities if there is a claim about the children's special expenses, a claim for undue hardship, the payor's income is above $150,000 per year, or one or more of the children are over the age of majority. | ||
These new | These new Financial Statements are needed to give the court the information it will need to make a new child support order, if it is in fact willing to vary the original order. | ||
====Statutory provisions==== | ====Statutory provisions==== |