What is child support?
Regardless of whether parents are separated, living together, or in a relationship together, they both have a responsibility to financially support their children. In a separation or divorce, the parent with custody of the children must take care of them by looking after their day-to-day needs, paying for activities, purchasing food, clothes, and providing shelter. The parent who doesn’t have custody usually has to pay the custodial parent money to help support their children’s needs and activities. This payment is referred to as child support.
How are child support amounts determined?
Each situation is unique, but child support payments in Ontario are generally based on:
- the income of the person who does not have custody or the person with whom the children do not usually live with
- the number of children that need support
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