The Child-centred Family Justice Strategy:
Survey on the Practice of Family Law in Canada, 2004-2006

Figure 2.7 Proportion of Respondents Who Strongly Agreed or Agreed that the Federal Child Support Guidelines are Meeting their Objectives, 2006 and 2004

This bar chart shows the percentage of respondents in 2004 and 2006 who agreed or strongly agreed that the Federal Child Support Guidelines were meeting their objectives. Almost all respondents in both surveys agreed or strongly agreed that the Child Support Guidelines have resulted in a better system of determining child support than the pre-1997 system. Almost all respondents agreed or strongly agreed that cases are settled more quickly since the implementation of the Guidelines. Likewise, nearly all respondents agreed or strongly agreed that, since implementation of the Guidelines, most cases are resolved simply by relying on the tables to establish amounts of support, and that in cases involving litigation, the issues to be resolved are more defined and focused than prior to implementation of the Guidelines.