Figure 3.1 Type of Order Under the Divorce Act

Figure 3.1 presents a breakdown of the types of divorce orders or judgements used to complete the survey instrument. The most common type used was a divorce order that included a child support order (52.1 percent), followed by a divorce order silent on child support (31.6 percent). 9 Interim child support orders were reported in 10.9 percent of cases. Of a total of 5,273 variations, a substantial majority (88.3 percent) were final variation orders, followed by 9.7 percent interim variation orders.