What is the default position for the court in calculating child support obligations?
Alberta, Canada
The following excerpt is from TT v JT, 2012 ABQB 668 (CanLII):
As I held in Hestbak v. Hestbak, absent agreement of the parties as to different procedures, the default position for the court is to adjust child support obligations based on actual guideline incomes for the calendar year. That usually requires retroactive adjustments to the amount of the ongoing payments for the current calendar year, and for the payments made for the previous calendar year now that actual and not projected incomes for that year are known.
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