Usually, a parent will claim that child support is needed to, well, actually financially support the child. This mother though was not even bothering with the pretense.
http://www.canlii.org/en/on/onsc/doc...7onsc1023.html
Summary:
Dad makes $300k
Mom makes $26k
Kids live with Dad
Motion was by Dad to stop paying CS to Mom, with Mom actually opposing.
The mom's argument was that she needed the money to see the kids. Her obvious real issue was that she was about to lose her massive CS payments.
I'm not thrilled with the final ruling. The judge didn't say "this is insane". The judge said "The dad has said he won't be able to pay for private school if he has to pay CS, so CS will hurt the kids". In other words, there was nothing inherently wrong with the Dad paying CS to the mom for kids that lived with him.
Even when a judge gets it right, they can still get it wrong.
http://www.canlii.org/en/on/onsc/doc...7onsc1023.html
Summary:
Dad makes $300k
Mom makes $26k
Kids live with Dad
Motion was by Dad to stop paying CS to Mom, with Mom actually opposing.
The mom's argument was that she needed the money to see the kids. Her obvious real issue was that she was about to lose her massive CS payments.
I'm not thrilled with the final ruling. The judge didn't say "this is insane". The judge said "The dad has said he won't be able to pay for private school if he has to pay CS, so CS will hurt the kids". In other words, there was nothing inherently wrong with the Dad paying CS to the mom for kids that lived with him.
Even when a judge gets it right, they can still get it wrong.
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