Canada Quantum Digest - Child Support is the practitioner's "must-have" resource for quantum digest summaries in the key area of child support. Superior organization allows you to locate the information you need for your case - quickly and efficiently.
This volume delivers the most comprehensive collection of quantum case law to the family law practitioner, featuring cross-Canada coverage of decisions from all English-language common-law provinces and territories.
The digests stem from the incorporation of the Federal Child Support Guidelines, and includes cases dating from 2000 - the year after the Supreme Court of Canada first interpreted the Guidelines.
Designed with the practitioner in mind, Canada Quantum Digest - Child Support incorporates the following features:
- Comprehensive and cohesive classification scheme - the digests are classified using an intuitive classification system tailored for accessing child support decisions quickly and easily
- Quantum of award in consistent ranges - searchable awards allow you to zero in on pertinent information for your case
- Information provided in citation line to aid searchability in print or online - all summaries indicate the year of the judgment, court jurisdiction, judge, counsel and who counsel represented and LexisNexis® QuicklawTM citations and parallels, including R.F.L. citations when available
- Tables and indexes as aids to research - finding tools include a table of cases, an index to judges, and an index to counsel. There are also tables indicating where the court did not award support in accordance with the Guidelines due to undue hardship, contribution by another payor, because the children were over the age of majority or for miscellaneous reasons
- Current case law - contains the most recent case decisions for your best source of information - Over 2,500 cases!
Child Support Digests
- Includes cases dating from 2000 - the year after the Supreme Court of Canada first substantively considered the 1997 Federal Child Support Guidelines in Francis v. Baker, [1999] S.C.J. No. 52
- The book is divided by the number of children entitled to support, with the summaries ordered according to income of the payor spouse. In addition, cases are ordered under Supreme Court of Canada and provincial and territorial headings
- Contains the following terms, where relevant information has been provided by the court: payor's annual income; payee's annual income; number of children; custodial relationship; nature of the order; whether there was an order for extraordinary expenses and the percentage the payor spouse was required to pay; and any exceptions from the Guidelines
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