How is child support calculated based on the payor's income during the year in which the child was owed?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from K.A.M.R. v. W.H.G., 2014 BCSC 103 (CanLII):
The claimant relies on Chalifoux v. Chalifoux, 2008 ABCA 70, for the principle that child support should be paid on the payor’s income during the year in which the child support is owed. In Chalifoux the trial judge had calculated arrears of child support based on the payor’s previous year’s income. The court overturned that decision:
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