Child Support Guidelines in Canada, 2009 has been updated from the 2006 edition. New text and a substantial number of new cases have been added to the existing commentary. The book is current to 1 May 2009. There is a new chapter on evidence, procedure, and costs.

Child Support Guidelines is written primarily for practising lawyers and judges who serve in the trenches of family law. The objectives of this text are to provide a comprehensive analysis of the case law, to produce order out of chaos, and to provide a quick and efficient means for readers to gain access to pertinent information on all aspects of the Federal Child Support Guidelines and corresponding provincial guidelines. The emphasis is on analysis and description, not advocacy. Efforts have been made to cite all of the most recent relevant cases from every province and territory.

Summary Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Caveat
CHAPTER 1: CRITERIA AND OBJECTIVES OF CHILD SUPPORT
CHAPTER 2: JURISDICTION
CHAPTER 3: DEFINITIONS OF “CHILD OF THE MARRIAGE”; ADULT CHILDREN; OBLIGATION OF DE FACTO PARENT
CHAPTER 4: DETERMINATION OF INCOME; DISCLOSURE OF INCOME
CHAPTER 5: SPECIAL OR EXTRAORDINARY EXPENSES
CHAPTER 6: SHARED PARENTING ARRANGEMENTS
CHAPTER 7: UNDUE HARDSHIP
CHAPTER 8: IMPACT OF CHILD SUPPORT ON SPOUSAL SUPPORT
CHAPTER 9: LOW AND HIGH INCOME EARNERS; ANNUAL INCOME OVER $150,000
CHAPTER 10: EFFECT OF ORDER OR AGREEMENT OR OTHER ARRANGEMENT THAT BENEFITS CHILD; CONSENT ORDERS
CHAPTER 11: FORM AND TYPES OF ORDER
CHAPTER 12: EFFECT, REGISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF CHILD SUPPORT ORDERS
CHAPTER 13: VARIATION, RESCISSION OR SUSPENSION OF CHILD SUPPORT ORDERS
CHAPTER 14: EVIDENCE; PROCEDURE; COSTS
CHAPTER 15: APPEALS
APPENDIX 1: Divorce Act
APPENDIX 2: Federal Child Support Guidelines
Table of Cases
About the Authors