Reference Materials

• Parenting Arrangements (Custody and Access)
• Child Support
• Enforcement
• Further Reading

Parenting Arrangements (Custody and Access)

• Inventory of Government-based Family Justice Services This searchable database offers a listing of provincial and territorial family justice services* such as: mediation, parent education and information, family court services, support establishment and recalculation services, services for children, supervised access and support enforcement.
  (*Note: The list of family justice services available in the province of Quebec is not yet available and will be added at a later date.)
  
  

  

• Resources for Children Resources for Children is a database that will be useful for parents and for professionals who work with children affected by separation or divorce. A brief description is provided for each resource which includes books, workbooks, videos,s web sites and games.
  
  
• Parenting Plan Checklist (PDF Version 115 KB, PDF Help) This checklist can help identify issues to consider when developing a parenting plan. The checklist deals only with parenting and child support and does not address issues such as property division or spousal support. The checklist identifies topics for consideration along with some questions to consider. These questions are not exhaustive and are simply meant to help guide your thinking and discussions on the topic.
  
  

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Child Support

• The Federal Child Support Guidelines: Step-by-Step This booklet explains the Federal Child Support Guidelines and how to use them in general terms. Includes worksheets and line-by-line help.
  
  
• Simplified Federal Child Support Tables 2006
• Simplified Federal Child Support Tables 2011
• Justice Canada Child Support Online Lookup General information on child support table amounts based on the paying parent's income, province or territory of residence and the number of children eligible for support.
  
  

  

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Enforcement

• If your federal payment has been reduced If you have missed some Family Support payments, a court or provincial/territorial enforcement program may have sent the Federal Department of Justice a garnishee summons. When this happens, the Federal Department of Justice Family Orders and Agreements Enforcement Assistance Unit (FOAEA Unit) is required by law to interupt your payment.
  
  
• List of Garnishment Registries in Canada
• Enforcement forms Forms related to the Family Orders and Agreements Enforcement Assistance Act and the Garnishment, Attachment and Pension Diversion Act

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Further Reading

• Topics in Family Law: A Collection of Articles This collection, comprised of articles, checklists and a bibliography, is intended to provide practical guidance to lawyers, particularly on topics that they may not deal with on a regular basis. The articles address various issues in family law that present unique complexities. They are intended to assist lawyers in helping their clients make decisions that are tailored to their children's needs, to do so promptly and to comply with those decisions.
  
  
• Facilitating Access: Federal/Provincial/Territorial Family Justice Recommendations In Canada, family law is an area of shared jurisdiction. The federal, provincial and territorial (FPT) governments work together to improve the family justice system across the country. To this end, they recently collaborated in examining a number of issues related to custody and access, including compliance with access provisions in agreements and court orders.