The respondent father brought a motion to change a 2006 final order regarding child support, seeking to pay his adult daughter directly for her post-secondary expenses and to cease support after her sixth year.
The applicant mother brought a cross-motion seeking retroactive and ongoing child support proportionate to the parties' incomes.
The court found a material change in circumstances and calculated child support under section 3(2)(b) of the Federal Child Support Guidelines, factoring in the child's needs, her expected contributions from summer employment and loans, and the parents' proportionate incomes.
The court ordered the father to pay $34,224 in arrears and ongoing monthly support, including for a seventh year of university necessitated by the child repeating a year of law school.
The father's request to pay the child directly was dismissed, and payments were ordered to continue through the Family Responsibility Office.
