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Child Support payments in Canada are appointed by the judge and starting from 1997 regulated by federal Child Support Guidelines. The initial appointment of the Child Support payments id divided into four steps. It starts with the calculation of the gross incomes of the parties. The second step is entering the non-custodial parent’s gross income is entered into the Table, under the appropriate number of children. It shows the tax free amount of money the non-custodial parent must pay the custodial parent each month for child support. If the parenting time is shared equal then the gross incomes of each parent are entered into the Table. The lower result is then subtracted from the higher number and then the difference is payable by the higher income earner to the lower income earner. Still there are some excepti`ons for some cases. Third step is determining the expenses for things like child care, health care, educational expenses, post-secondary educational expenses or extracurricular expenses, the expenses are shared in proportion to the parties’ gross incomes.

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