Supreme Court of Canada Rules
on Retroactive Child Support
Henry vs Henry
If you haven't been disclosing your income properly, when calculating child support, prepare for a very large bill in legal fees and an equally large retroactive child support award...
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Retroactive Child Support
Henry vs Henry
Danny Guspie, FRI Executive Director
comments to the Canadian Press
"According to the ruling the child support orders should provide the payer 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 the payer's income declines. It's a very cumbersome system."
"You have to pay $3,500 for a lawyer if you lose your job in order to vary your support payments. If you've lost your job, how do you do that?"
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Danny Guspie, Executive Director
Fathers Resources Int'l
CBC TV Interview
The CBC's "The National" interviewed Danny Guspie, Executive Director of Fathers Resources International, about Statistics Canada's newly released Divorce numbers.
Click link to watch interview. Divorce Rates
Men need a note from wife to
receive the new child tax benefit
Danny Guspie, Executive Director of Fathers Resources International,
is interviewed by The Globe and Mail, Canada's National Newspaper.
"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?'”. Globe Article
IMPORTANT NEWS
Alberta Court of Appeal ruling
on retroactive 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 Judgement
Spousal Support Guidelines 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 Guidelines pdf
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?
Roe v. Wade for Men lawsuit
Stunning Custody Reversal - PAS Case
Father wins Custody in Court of Appeal in much
watched Parental Alienation Syndrome Case (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 ongoing interference making visitation with the father impossible. This judgment is great news for divorced dads in Ontario as well as other jurisdictions.
Ontario Court of Appeal judgment