How much child support should a husband and wife pay each year?

Alberta, Canada


The following excerpt is from Polack v. Sterling, 2010 ABQB 122 (CanLII):

Child support for a given year should based on the parties’ respective incomes in that year and not the past year: See Lavergne v. Lavergne, 2007 ABCA 169 at paragraph 28.

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