Child Support Q & A

What is child support?

Who is considered a parent?

Who pays child support?

How long does child support continue?

When can a parent apply for child support?

How do you arrange for support to be paid?

Can parents be kept from seeing their children if they do not pay their child support?

How is child support enforced?

How are child support payments taxed?

What about parents on social assistance?

Can a support agreement or order be changed?

What are the Child Support Guidelines?

When do the Guidelines apply?

How are basic child support amounts calculated?

When can the court set an amount that is different from the table amount?

Age of the child?

Different custody arrangements?