What is the test for determining the appropriate amount of child support for a split parenting arrangement?

Nova Scotia, Canada


The following excerpt is from JD v. CB, 2021 NSSC 345 (CanLII):

This matter involves a split parenting arrangement. I therefore must determine the incomes of both parties before I can set the appropriate amount of child support. In so doing, I must reference s. 19 of the Child Support Guidelines for two reasons. First, the father did not provide the financial disclosure that he was repeatedly ordered to disclose. Second, the mother is under-employed and the under-employment is not required by either the needs of a child or by the mother’s reasonable education or health needs. Further, in reaching my decision, I apply the law that is reviewed in Standing v. MacInnis, 2020 NSSC 304.

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