I've been mulling over this for a while, and haven't been able to find any relevant cases on Canlii for reference, so I was wondering what forum members thought of a situation like this:
Assume that Party A & B are divorced, with a young (under 7 years old) child in the picture. B secures a court order that A pays $X in child support per month for the child. A duly complies.
A continues making the child support payments without fail. Meanwhile, apart from informing A that B and the child have moved to such and such address and the child is attending school at such and such school, B ignores A's ever request for any information about the child, eg. school, health, activities. Let's assume that A does not have access for specific reasons and that's the way it's going to be.
B is happy to collect the regular child support payments, but has pointedly decided to terminate all communications with A regarding the child and not provide any information at all.
Short of A hiring a private investigator to try to obtain some basic information about the child and the child's life, how would A be able to know anything about the child's life at all? If this situation persists and the years go by, how would, for example (not to be morbid here, but ...) A know that the child is even still alive and well? What if, for example, the child met with an unfortunate fatal accident, or, perhaps runs away from home or goes missing, and B does not inform A of this, while continuing to collect child support as per usual?
Perhaps this is an extreme situation, but I'd be interested to know other's thoughts on something like this, what whether anyone here is in or knows of anyone dealing with such a situation or the possibility of such a situation.
Assume that Party A & B are divorced, with a young (under 7 years old) child in the picture. B secures a court order that A pays $X in child support per month for the child. A duly complies.
A continues making the child support payments without fail. Meanwhile, apart from informing A that B and the child have moved to such and such address and the child is attending school at such and such school, B ignores A's ever request for any information about the child, eg. school, health, activities. Let's assume that A does not have access for specific reasons and that's the way it's going to be.
B is happy to collect the regular child support payments, but has pointedly decided to terminate all communications with A regarding the child and not provide any information at all.
Short of A hiring a private investigator to try to obtain some basic information about the child and the child's life, how would A be able to know anything about the child's life at all? If this situation persists and the years go by, how would, for example (not to be morbid here, but ...) A know that the child is even still alive and well? What if, for example, the child met with an unfortunate fatal accident, or, perhaps runs away from home or goes missing, and B does not inform A of this, while continuing to collect child support as per usual?
Perhaps this is an extreme situation, but I'd be interested to know other's thoughts on something like this, what whether anyone here is in or knows of anyone dealing with such a situation or the possibility of such a situation.
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