Acts and Regulations

2020, c.23 - Family Law Act

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Discharge, variance or suspension of a child support order
22(1)Subject to this section, if a child support order has been made under subsection 11(1), on application by any person named in the order or the Minister of Social Development, the Court may, by order,
(a) discharge, vary or suspend any term of the order, prospectively or retroactively,
(b) relieve the person who is obligated to provide support from the payment of part or all of the arrears or any interest due on the arrears, and
(c) include in an order to vary any provision that under this Act could have been included in the child support order in respect of which the order to vary is sought.
22(2)Before the Court makes an order to vary a child support order, the Court shall satisfy itself that a change of circumstances as provided for in the child support guidelines has occurred since the making of the child support order under subsection 11(1) or since the last order to vary was made in respect of that order.
22(3)When making an order to vary a child support order, the Court shall determine the amount of support in accordance with section 12.
Discharge, variance or suspension of a child support order
22(1)Subject to this section, if a child support order has been made under subsection 11(1), on application by any person named in the order or the Minister of Social Development, the Court may, by order,
(a) discharge, vary or suspend any term of the order, prospectively or retroactively,
(b) relieve the person who is obligated to provide support from the payment of part or all of the arrears or any interest due on the arrears, and
(c) include in an order to vary any provision that under this Act could have been included in the child support order in respect of which the order to vary is sought.
22(2)Before the Court makes an order to vary a child support order, the Court shall satisfy itself that a change of circumstances as provided for in the child support guidelines has occurred since the making of the child support order under subsection 11(1) or since the last order to vary was made in respect of that order.
22(3)When making an order to vary a child support order, the Court shall determine the amount of support in accordance with section 12.