Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines: Report on Revisions

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Table of Contents

• I. What Has NOT Changed in the Final Version
  • 1. The Guidelines are Still Advisory, and Not Legislated
  • 2. No Change to the Basic Formulas
  • 3. No Changes on Variation, Review, Remarriage or Second Families
• II. Rewriting and Reorganization: Renewed Emphasis on Entitlement, Using the Ranges, Restructuring, Exceptions, Self-Sufficiency
• III. Important Revisions to the Advisory Guidelines, Other Than Exceptions
  • 1. The Definition of Income: Social Assistance, UCCB, Non-Taxable Income
  • 2. Capping the Maximum at 50 per cent of Net Income under the Without Child Support Formula
  • 3. Indefinite Means "Indefinite (Duration Not Specified)"
  • 4. The Creation of a Durational Range under the Basic With Child Support Formula
  • 5. Adjusting the Limits of the Range for Amount in Shared Custody Cases
  • 6. Step-children under the With Child Support Formula
  • 7. A Hybrid Formula for Adult Children and Section 3(2)(b)
• IV. Exceptions
  • 1. The Six Exceptions in the Draft Proposal
  • 2. Property Division: Reapportionment (B.C.), High Property Awards, Boston
  • 3. Basic Needs/Hardship: Without Child Support, Custodial Payor Formulas
  • 4. Non-Taxable Payor Income
  • 5. Special Needs of Child
  • 6. Section 15.3: Small Amounts, Inadequate Compensation under the With Child Support Formula
• V. Conclusion: Going Forward