What is the test for an agreement between the recipient and the recipient parent on reducing or cancelling child support?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from J.Q. v. Van D., 2011 BCPC 392 (CanLII):
An agreement that maintenance need not be paid or that it be paid in a lower amount is not a reason to reduce or to cancel arrears. Child support is the right of the child and cannot be bargained away or waived by the recipient parent: Earle v. Earle.
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