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Children Come First: A Report to Parliament Reviewing the Provisions and Operation of the Federal Child Support Guidelines - Volume 2
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- 1. FEDERAL-PROVINCIAL-TERRITORIAL COMMITTEES
- 2. CHANGING CANADIAN FAMILIES
- Changing Family Patterns: 1963 to 1993-94
- Children's Age When Parents Separate or Divorce
- Relationship Between Type of Union and Risk of Separation or Divorce
- Custody Arrangements under Court Orders, 1994-95
- Actual Living Arrangements
- Child Support Arrangements
- Relationship Between Type of Child Support Arrangement and Regularity of Payment
- Relationship Between Visiting Patterns and Payment of Child Support
- Relationship Between Family Type and Child Poverty
- Relationship Between Social Assistance and Child Support
- Effect of Changing Family Situations on Children
- 3. OVERVIEW OF PROVINCIAL AND TERRITORIAL GUIDELINES
- 4. SECTION-BY-SECTION REVIEW OF THE FEDERAL CHILD SUPPORT GUIDELINES AND THE DIVORCE ACT
- Introduction
- Section 1: Objectives
- Section 2: Interpretation
- Section 3: Amount of Child Support
- Section 5: Spouse in Place of a Parent
- Section 6: Medical and Dental Insurance
- Section 7: Special or Extraordinary Expenses
- Section 8: Split Custody
- Section 9: Shared Custody
- Section 10: Undue Hardship
- Section 11: Form of Payments
- Section 12: Security
- Section 13: Information to be Specified in an Order
- Section 14: Circumstances for Variation
- Section 15: Determination of Annual Income
- Section 16: Calculation of Annual Income
- Section 17: Pattern of Income
- Section 18: Shareholder, Director, or Officer
- Section 19: Imputing Income
- Section 20: Non_Resident
- Section 21: Obligation of Applicant
- Section 22: Failure to Comply
- Section 23: Adverse Inference
- Section 24: Failure to Comply With Court Order
- Section 25: Continuing Obligation to Provide Information
- Schedule I: Federal Child Support Tables
- Schedule II: Comparison of Household Standards of Living Test
- Schedule III: Sections 1 to 13
- Schedule III: Section 2: Child Support
- Schedule III: Section 3: Spousal Support
- Schedule III: Section 4: Social Assistance
- Schedule III: Section 5: Dividends From Taxable Capital Losses
- Schedule III: Section 6: Capital Gains and Capital Losses
- Schedule III: Section 7: Business Investment Losses
- Schedule III: Section 8: Carrying Charges
- Schedule III: Section 9: Net Self-Employment Income
- Schedule III: Section 10: Additional Amount
- Schedule III: Section 11: Capital Cost Allowance for Property
- Schedule III: Section 12: Partnership or Sole Proprietorship Income
- Schedule III: Section 13: Employees Stock Options With a Canadian-Controlled Private Corporation
- Review of Sections of the Divorce Act That Relate to Child Support
- Subsection 2(1) of The Divorce Act: Definitions-Child of the Marriage
- Subsection 2(2) of The Divorce Act: Child of the Marriage
- Section 11 of the Divorce Act
- Section 15.1 of the Divorce Act
- Section 15.3 of the Divorce Act
- Section 17 of the Divorce Act
- Section 25.1 of the Divorce Act: Agreements with Provinces
- 5. FEDERAL ROLE IN SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT IN CANADA
- PART 1: Department of Justice Sections Involved in Support Enforcement
- PART 2 (A): Amendments to Federal Legislation
- PART 2 (B): Ongoing Policy Work Related to Federal Legislation
- PART 3: Federal Initiatives to Improve Compliance With Support Obligations
- PART 4: Reciprocal Enforcement of Family Support Obligations
- PART 5: Federal Research on Enforcement Issues
- 6. FEDERAL FUNDING OF PROVINCIAL AND TERRITORIAL CHILD SUPPORT, SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT, AND CHILD CUSTODY AND ACCESS PROJECTS, 1997-2001
- 7. PILOT ADMINISTRATIVE MECHANISMS TO RECALCULATE CHILD SUPPORT AND AN OVERVIEW OF EXPERIENCES OR MODELS IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS
- 8. COMMUNICATIONS AND LAW INFORMATION ACTIVITIES
- 9. List of DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
- ENDNOTES
