Laws and Regulations

Federal Child Support Guidelines
The regulations under the Divorce Act that help parents set child support amounts.

Simplified Federal Child Support Tables 2006
General information on child support table amounts based on the paying parent's income, province or territory of residence and the number of children eligible for support.

Divorce Act
The federal law governing marriage breakdown in Canada.

Federal Child Support Guidelines: A list of selected case law and summaries
A seachable database of reported and unreported child support decisions along with selected summaries.

Provincial child support laws
Applies if parents are not married to each other, are married but have decided not to divorce, or both live in New Brunswick, Manitoba, Prince Edward Island or Quebec.