Report of the Follow-Up Committee on the Quebec Model for the Determination of Child Support Payments
This paper was originally published in French by the Ministère de la Justice du Québec under the title: Rapport du Comité de suivi du modèle québécois de fixation des pensions alimentaires pour enfants.
This translation was commissioned by the Family, Children and Youth Section of the Department of Justice Canada. The original and official version is available on the Internet site of the Ministère de la Justice du Québec.
July 2004
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Prepared by:
Ministère de la Justice du Québec
Presented to:
Family, Children and Youth Section
Department of Justice Canada
The views expressed in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Department of Justice Canada.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
- LETTER ADDRESSED TO LINDA GOUPIL
- CHAPTER 1: SUMMARY OF THE QUEBEC MODEL FOR THE DETERMINATION OF CHILD SUPPORT PAYMENTS
- CHAPTER 2: SUMMARY OF THE IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS
- CHAPTER 3: INTRODUCTION TO THE FOLLOW-UP COMMITTEE ON THE QUEBEC MODEL FOR THE DETERMINATION OF CHILD SUPPORT PAYMENTS
- CHAPTER 4: STATISTICAL SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS OF DATA CONCERNING THE APPLICATION OF THE MODEL
- CHAPTER 5: SPECIFIC PROBLEM AREAS STUDIED BY THE FOLLOW-UP COMMITTEE
- Introduction
- Recommendations Made During the Course of the Mandate
- Part 2—Statement of Parents’ Income
- Part 3—Calculation of Parents’ Disposable Income
- Part 4—Calculation of Annual Parental Contribution
- Part 4—Line 400—Number of Children Covered by the Application
- Part 4—Line 401—Basic Parental Contribution According to Disposable Income of Both Parents (line 306) and Number of Children (line 400)
- Part 4—Line 403—Child Care Expenses
- Part 4—Line 404—Post-Secondary Education Expenses
- Part 4—Line 405—Special Expenses
- Part 5—Calculation of Annual Support According to Custody Time
- Part 6—Capacity to Pay of Debtor
- Part 7—Agreement Between Parents
- Part 8—Statement of Each Parent’s Assets and Liabilities
- Problems Raised by Indexation
- The Concept of “Undue Hardship”
- The Determination of Support for a Child at or Above the Age of Majority
- CONCLUSION
- FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS
- LIST OF RECOMMENDATIONS
- LIST OF TABLED DOCUMENTS
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- ENDNOTES
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