LAW 12

12.2c - Calculating Child SUPPORT

INSTRUCTIONS: Use the online child support calculator foundhere to complete the following.

SCENARIO 1

Dwani and Kareem were high-school sweethearts in Kelowna. After high school, they lived together and had three children together. Their relationship broke down 5 years later, and they decided to separate. Kareem decided to move to Alberta, and he got a job working the rigs for $82,000/year. Dwani stayed in Kelowna and opened her own clothing store, earning her $57,000/year.

1. How much child support would Kareem pay if all 3 children lived with Dwani? [1 mark]

1. How much more or less than the amount in #1 above would Kareem pay in child support to Dwani if he stayed in BC instead of moving to Alberta? [1 mark]

1. How much child support would Dwani pay if all 3 children lived with Kareem? [1 mark]

1. Calculate who would pay whom what amount if two children lived with Kareem, and one child lived with Dwani. HINT: calculate child support for each spouse. [2 marks]

SCENARIO 2

Eloise and Gerald had been married for 20 years when they decided to separate. They had two children during that time. They decided that both children would live with Eloise after the separation. Gerald is an orthodontist, and earns $350,000/year.

1. How much child support would Gerald pay Eloise if he moves to Manitoba? [1 mark]

1. How much child support would Gerald pay Eloise if he has one child living with him, and they both live in Nova Scotia? [1 mark]

SCENARIO 3

Roxy and Rolli, both 19 years old, met in their first year of college. Their relationship quickly became intimate, and Roxy became unexpectedly pregnant within the first month of their relationship. Rolli didn't want a pregnant girlfriend, so he promptly broke off the relationship.

1. How much child support would Rolli have to pay Roxy, assuming that Rolli stays a full-time student in BC, and earns only $12,000/year? [1 mark]

1. How much child support would Rolli have to pay Roxy after he graduates and gets a full-time job in BC that pays him $40,000/year? [1 mark]

GENERAL ISSUES

1. In BC, up to what age are child support payments made? [1 mark]

1. Describe under what circumstances a 20 year-old living at home and attending college in BC may still result in child support being paid from one spouse to another. [1 mark]

1. In BC, would child support need to be paid for a 19 year-old child living at home, but not working or attending school? Explain. [2 marks]