Securing fair guidelines, Section 7 expenses, and enforcement for your child's future.
Protecting your child's financial security through proper calculation, fair enforcement, and strategic negotiation of support obligations.
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Editor's Note: Legal advice on this page was reviewed by Deepa Tailor, Senior Family Lawyer, in January 2026 to ensure compliance with current Ontario Family Law Act standards.
Child support in Ontario follows three key components that work together to ensure your child's needs are fully met.
The mandatory monthly base amount determined strictly by the payor's gross income and the number of children.
Additional sharing of 'extraordinary' costs like daycare, orthodontics, and post-secondary tuition.
Ensuring payments are made through the Family Responsibility Office, including garnishment if necessary.
Our systematic approach ensures accurate calculations, strategic negotiations, and reliable enforcement of child support arrangements.
Comprehensive financial documentation and income verification for accurate child support calculations using Ontario's standardized forms and guidelines.
Precise child support calculations using Ontario Child Support Guidelines, considering special expenses and unique family circumstances.
Strategic negotiation to achieve fair child support arrangements that serve your family's best interests while ensuring compliance with legal requirements.
Robust enforcement mechanisms through FRO and court orders to ensure consistent child support payments and long-term compliance.
Different strategies and protections depending on your role in the child support arrangement.
We ensure income is calculated fairly, preventing unfair 'imputation' of income and ensuring self-employment deductions are respected.
Prevent income imputation
Maximize business deductions
Challenge excessive Section 7 claims
We use forensic discovery to find hidden cash income, ensuring you receive the full support amount the law requires.
Forensic income analysis
Uncover hidden cash income
Maximize Section 7 recovery
Child support isn't always straightforward. We have extensive experience with Ontario's most challenging support cases.
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The 40% Rule
University support
Self-employed payors
Complex situation? We handle cases other lawyers won't touch.
Clear answers to the most common child support questions we receive.
Yes, if the 40% threshold is met, the 'Set-Off' method applies. When a child spends at least 40% of their time with each parent, both parents' table amounts are calculated and the higher-paying parent pays the difference to the other parent. This can significantly reduce payments compared to sole custody arrangements.
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