Is a payee parent's intention not to enforce a child-support order binding upon the child?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from MacKinnon v. Duffy, 2000 CanLII 22427 (ON SC):
Additionally, even if a payee-parent intends not to enforce a child-support order, this intention is not binding upon the child. Support is the right of the child: see Richardson v. Richardson (1987), 1987 CanLII 58 (SCC), 7 R.F.L. (3d) 304 (S.C.C.), at 312.
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