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The changes to the Canada Child Tax Benefit in a shared parenting situation announced by the Federal government in it's budget in March of 2010 take effect as of July 1, 2011. Previously, parents who have shared parenting of their children would each received the full CCTB for 6 months each. After July 1, they will each received half of their entitlement to the CCTB, Universal Child Care Benefit and the child component of the GST/HST, but for the full year.

Picking up the pieces when families break up
Changes to child support came into effect May 1, 2006

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How is child support calculated?

The first step in determining the appropriate amount of child support is to determine the payor parent’s total annual income, before taxes. Annual income is the money a person earns from employment and self-employment and income from investments. This includes all sources of income in the payor parent’s tax return (for example: salary, wages, commissions, Employment Insurance, Social Assistance).

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• Negotiation and preparation of Separation Agreements, Marriage Contracts, and Cohabitation Agreements
• Surrogacy
• Adoptions
• Divorce
• Child Protection
• Wills
• Estates
• Emergency Protection Orders under the Domestic Violence Intervention Act
• All Family Law matters related to same-sex couples

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