Landmark Family Court Decisions
Child Support
Child Support
1. B.S. v. S.R.G.; L.J.W. v. T.A.R.; Henry v. Henry; Hiemstra v. Hiemstra, 2006 SCC 37 [retroactive child support]
2. Lewi v. Lewi (2006), 80 O.R. (3d) 321 (C.A.) [child support for adult children]
3. Park v. Thompson (2005), 77 O.R. (3d) 601 (C.A.) [adult children]
4. Francis v. Baker, [1999] 3 S.C.R. 250 [s. 4 of the Guidelines]
5. R. R. (2002), 58 O.R. (3d) 656 (C.A.) [s. 4 of the Guidelines]
6. Contino v. Leonelli-Contino, 2005 SCC 63 [child support where both parents have the children >40%]
7. Froom v. Froom (2004), 136 A.C.W.S. (3d) 331 [s. 9 of the Guidelines]
8. Maultsaid v. Blair,2009 BCCA 102 [s. 9 of the Guidelines]
9. (L.) v. C.(M.),2013 ONSC 1801 [s. 9 of the Guidelines]
10. Chartier v. Chartier, [1999] 1 S.C.R. 242 [child support payable by a step-parent]
11. Ewing v. Ewing, 2009 ABCA 227, leave to appeal to SCC refused [2009] S.C.C.A. No. 386 [s. 4 of the Guidelines]
12. Tauber v. Tauber (2000), 48 O.R. (3d) 577 (C.A.) [s. 4 of the Guidelines]
13. Tauber v. Tauber (2001), 203 D.L.R. (4th) 168 (Ont. S.C.) [s. 4 of the Guidelines and spousal support]
14. Drygala v. Pauli (2002), 61 O.R. (3d) 711 (C.A.) [s. 19 of Guidelines, intentional underemployment]
15. Lavie v. Lavie, 2018 ONCA 10 [imputing income, intentional underemployment]
16. DiFrancesco v. Couto (2001), 56 O.R. (3d) 363 (C.A.) [rescission of arrears]
17. Senos v.Karcz,2014 ONCA 459 [child support for ODSP recipients]
18. Bak v. Dobell,2007 ONCA 304 [imputing income; gifts as income]
19. Thompson v. Thompson, 2013 ONSC 5500 [imputing pre-tax corporate income, intentional un/under-employment]