Not exact matches
While a paying parent may have questions about
support obligations when a
child's living arrangements change, it is always sound practice to
continue making payments to avoid penalties.
The mother had successfully claimed that the
child's father — to whom she was never married — should
continue to have a
support obligation for the son they had together.
The
obligation also
continues past the age of majority for
children who are incapable of
supporting themselves due to illness or disability.
The trial judge did not err in concluding that the daughter was no longer a
child of the marriage and that Sandra had no
continuing obligation to
support her.
This expense will allow the family's financial
obligations to
continue to be fulfilled in the event of the spouse paying
child support or alimony dies.
Since only the court can modify the
child support payment
obligations, the noncustodial parent must
continue making the full
child support payments until the court issues a new
child support order.
Even if the non-custodial parent is self - employed, loses his job or is between jobs, his payment
obligations continue; therefore, in such cases, he may be required to make payments directly to the state
child support agency for distribution to the custodial parent.
These benefits largely flow to the erstwhile noncustodial parent's ulterior goals, such as reduced
child and spousal
support obligations, more authority and involvement in the
continuing family system, or emotional gratification.
Your
obligation to pay
child or spousal
support continues after your death according to section 34 (4) of the Ontario Family Law Act.