Why Simply Stopping Payments Costs this man Thousands
He stopped paying the full amount when his health failed, and assumed the court would fix the past later. It did not. A new BC Supreme Court decision explains effective notice, retroactive variation, and what it takes to retroactively cancel support arrears.
New Family, New Debt, Same Support Bill? Not Quite.
A BC father with a new family and heavy debt tried to cancel support for his university-age child. See why undue hardship failed but support still dropped.
He Hid his Raises; this is What it Cost Him
A BC parent hid years of pay increases to avoid higher child support. See how and why our BC Supreme Court ordered $41,457 in retroactive support in Ketterer v. Altena.