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The Guidelines contain a series of tables, particular to each province, which set out the amount payable based on the payor's income and the number of children for whom support is being paid. There are some exceptions to this basic rule, and they are described later in this chapter. The tables were most recently updated on November 22, 2017. For most people, the changes resulted in a small increase in the amount of child support payable. | The Guidelines contain a series of tables, particular to each province, which set out the amount payable based on the payor's income and the number of children for whom support is being paid. There are some exceptions to this basic rule, and they are described later in this chapter. The tables were most recently updated on November 22, 2017. For most people, the changes resulted in a small increase in the amount of child support payable. | ||
Both the ''[[Divorce Act]]'' and the ''[[Family Law Act]]'' require the court and parents or guardians to give child support priority over spousal support when both child support and spousal support might be payable. In other words, if there isn't enough money to pay both, child support will take priority. Going one step further, both child support and spousal support in most cases take priority over debt payments and other expenses and both obligations survive an assignment into bankruptcy. | Both the ''[[Divorce Act]]'' and the ''[[Family Law Act]]'' require the court and parents or guardians to give child support priority over spousal support when both child support and spousal support might be payable. In other words, if there isn't enough money to pay both, child support will take priority. Going one step further, both child support and spousal support in most cases take priority over debt payments and other expenses, and both obligations survive an assignment into bankruptcy. | ||
==The ''Divorce Act''== | ==The ''Divorce Act''== | ||