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Supreme Court Rules on Retroactive Child Support in Henry and Henry- If you haven't been properly disclosing your income to calculate child support, prepare for a very large bill in legal fees and an equally large retroactive child support award... Get your copy of the Supreme Court of Canada judgment here
Danny Guspie comments to Canadian Press: Retroactive Child Support in Henry and Henry - "According to the ruling the child support orders should provide payor parents with "the benefit of predictability.The ruling is disappointing because it does not appear to make any reference to decreasing child support payments when income declines. It's a very cumbersome system. You have to pay $3,500 for a lawyer if you lose your job to get started on a variation. If you've lost your job, how do you do that?" Read the story here...and other quotes from the interviews here.
Danny Guspie
Interviewed on
CBC's The National
about Stats Canada's
newly released
Divorce Stats
Click on the link
to see the interview.
Divorce Rates
Danny Guspie interviewed in Canada's National Newspaper - The Globe and Mail : Men need a note from women to receive the new child tax benefit - "The form is offensive and goes against the Charter of Rights, said Mr. Guspie. “I would encourage any man that finds himself in that situation to simply phone up his local tax office and say ‘how would you like to face me in federal court next week?'”.
Get your copy of Globand Mail article is here
IMPORTANT
NEWS
Alberta Court of Appeal ruling on retroactivity of child support. We have always suggested that fathers be sure to always disclose their income or they may be paying retroactive child support, regardless of any request for proof of annual income. The “Henry and Henry” case in Alberta consolidates this principle, and it will affect every father paying child support in Canada.
Henry and Henry
The introduction of spousal support guidelines to Canada. While they are being proclaimed as voluntary, you can expect many Courts to refer to them in their judgments making them case law.
Spousal Support
Where the arguments fail for "Roe v. Wade for Men" and the Women's Movement This controversial case will force re-examination of abortion rights for women, by asking what rights men have. Abortion is based upon the legal fiction that a fetus is not legally a child, and therefore has no rights. If that is so, then why can't a man opt out before the birth too?
Get your copy of the Roe v. Wade for Men" lawsuit here
Father wins Custody in Court of Appeal in Parental Alienation Syndrome (PAS) - In this case, the Ontario Court of Appeal upheld a Superior Court of Justice order, transferring custody of the parties children. This was due to the mother's insistentce on doing everything possible to make access impossible. This judgment is great news for divorced dads in Ontario.
Get your copy of the Ontario Court of Appeal judgment here