A court order must be in effect
for retroactive child support to be received.
[28] I agree that delay by an applicant seeking spousal support will weigh more heavily against a retroactive award than would be the case on an application
for retroactive child support.
While this particular set of facts is fairly uncommon, the case should serve as a stark reminder to payor parents that if you are not paying child support you could end up facing a hefty order
for retroactive child support.
The mother cross-applied
for retroactive child support and retroactive s. 7 expenses on the basis that the father's income had increased.
Not exact matches
For example, if you have been requesting child support or even disclosure of income from your ex to determine child support for 5 years without cooperation, then a court may very well order retroactive child support for 5 yea
For example, if you have been requesting
child support or even disclosure of income from your ex to determine
child support for 5 years without cooperation, then a court may very well order retroactive child support for 5 yea
for 5 years without cooperation, then a court may very well order
retroactive child support for 5 yea
for 5 years.
Mr. Hartshorne took the position that «the trial judge did not have jurisdiction to entertain the respondent's application
for retroactive and prospective
support for the eldest
child because the son was no longer a
child of the marriage when the application was made in November 2007.»
A case management judge set aside a half day
for the hearing of the mother's outstanding motions that included issues such as the transfer of loyalty reward points,
retroactive variation of
child support and
support - related relief.
If your spouse makes a successful claim
for child and / or spousal
support, that order can be
retroactive, and would force you to pay
support for the months before the order was made.
In cases of
retroactive child support, the court considers an installment payment plan
for the obligor.
Calver v. Calver 2014 ABCA 63 Family Law — Divorce — Corollary relief — Maintenance and awards —
Retroactive awards A father applied to vary
child support payable
for the parties» three
children.
There are also two general rules that apply to such scenarios: 1)
retroactive child support extends back three years from the date the paying spouse is given notice (
for example by the fact that an application
for an adjustment to
support is launched with the court), unless there has been blameworthy conduct; and 2) the
child must be a «
child of the marriage» — and therefore eligible to receive
support — at the time the application is made.
Next, the test
for whether
retroactive support should be granted involves a court considering: 1) the reasons
for delay, 2) any blameworthy conduct by the paying parent; 3) the circumstances of the
children; and 4) any hardship experienced by the paying parent.
On appeal at the Supreme Court the Judge decided to overturn the 19 years of
retroactive support, awarding
support to the date that the mother first asked
for child support (in 2013) instead.
Fortunately, the ONCA goes on to reference another, more sound, reason why the appellant should not be required to pay the
retroactive sum, noting that it would constitute a hardship
for her (a likely reference to the undue hardship exception in s. 10 of the
Child Support Guidelines).
whether there was a reasonable excuse
for the recipient parent failing to make an earlier request
for BC
Retroactive Child support
Surrey blameworthy conduct and
retroactive support cases involve an assessment of the conduct by a paying spouse that can affect how far back a correction or start date
for the right amount of
child and spousal
support goes.
The
retroactive spousal
support lawyers at MacLean Law routinely handle cases involving a start date
for spousal
support and
child support that pre-dates the hearing at trial on the issue of
support.
[659] In Reis v. Bucholtz, 2010 BCCA 115 (CanLII), the Court of Appeal considered the principles and analysis in DBS with respect to
retroactive child support are applicable to claims
for retroactive spousal
support (para. 66).
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The British Columbia Supreme Court recently signaled yet another endorsement of prenuptial contracts, in an action by the wife
for property division, parenting arrangements, and
retroactive and prospective
child and spousal
support.
In response to the husband's motion to decrease
child support as a result of a
child beginning post-secondary, the wife brought a motion
for increased spousal
support and
retroactive spousal
support and was unsuccessful.
Mr. MacLean succeeded in having the court use all of the companies pre-tax profits
for the SSAG calculation based on BCCA law from the cases of Klukas and Teja, defeating the husband's spousal
support claim that double dipping applied to BC spousal
support and a lower BC spousal and BC
child support payment should thus be paid, blocking any $ 350,000 cap argument where BC spousal
support is not increased on high salaries above $ 350,000 per year and finally in having the
child support portion of the order made
retroactive so a large lump sum payment was received
for the
children's benefit.
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If you have just been served with a petition
for child support, you may worry about paying
retroactive child support.
Retroactive child support can not be collected if the non-custodial parent is unable to pay or if the need
for child support during that period did not exist.
(17) In an initial determination of
child support, whether in a paternity action, dissolution of marriage action, or petition
for support during the marriage, the court has discretion to award
child support retroactive to the date when the parents did not reside together in the same household with the
child, not to exceed a period of 24 months preceding the filing of the petition, regardless of whether that date precedes the filing of the petition.
Failure of the obligor to so demonstrate shall result in the court using the obligor's income at the time of the hearing in computing
child support for the
retroactive period.
[Sole custody to father, facility - supervised access
for mother at her own expense, mother to pay
child support, no
retroactive child support to mother, mother found in contempt, $ 5000 fine.]»
By Andrew Feldstein This decision, written by Justice Stanley Kershman, deals with numerous
child support issues including
support for adult
children,
retroactive claims... Read more