Yes they can. S.6 of the Family Responsibility and Support Arrears Enforcement Act, 1996, S.O. 1996, c. 31 gives the Family Responsibility Office (FRO) the authority to use any type of enforcement mechanism necessary to enforce support payments. Also, ss. 33-39 regulate the suspension of driver’s license and s. 34 requires that the FRO give […]

  It is required to make payments for child support until the child reaches the age of majority, i.e. 18 years of age. Depending on the Act under which the claim pertains, bringing the matter to court may extend the payments because the child (who is now over the age of majority) is either enrolled […]

Yes, but the amount may be reduced/changed. Parents have a financial obligation to support their children until they are eighteen, if they are over the age of eighteen and require support for reasons of illness/disability, enrolment in a full-time education program, etc. Children also have a right to benefit from their parent’s financial means. This […]

You may have to pay support for children that are not yours biologically if there was demonstrated intention to treat the child(ren) as their own for whom they are “standing in the place of a parent.”

The Child Support Guidelines calculate the base amount of support by taking the payor parent’s annual income and the number of children for whom support is being paid. Using those two factors it is determined what percentage of the payor’s income will be ordered as child support. That base amount is referred to as the […]

Supervised access will normally be ordered or agreed on if the access parent has a history of violence, abuse, drug or alcohol problem, if he or she has threatened to abduct the child, etc. As a result the court or custodial parent may find it is necessary to have someone present when the child and […]

  Probably not because judges are aware of the fact that testifying in court can be a very scary experience for a child. It is recognized that children forced to testify against a parent is not the ideal situation especially during a bitter custody dispute. If the judge needs the testimony or evidence of the […]

If an ex spouse is not paying child support and that support award is part of a court order or a separation agreement filed with the courts, then your support order will be registered with the Family Responsibility Office (FRO). That office is in place to enforce support orders. Therefore,  it is the responsibility of […]

  Yes it is. A facetime or telephone schedule can be incorporated into your separation agreement or Court Order.

  To avoid conflict, you can use Google Calendar. Google Calendar will allow you to update and have the other person(s) you share the calendar with to receive those changes immediately. 2Houses is another option you can use to organize yourselves. 2Houses makes it easy to organize a custody schedule, manage kids’ expenses, upload photos […]