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Foss v. Foss

Court Supreme Court
Date 2011-03-10
Citation 2011 NSSC 115
Docket 1201-059561
Judge/Registrar/Adjudicator Jollimore, Elizabeth (Honourable Justice)
Document Type Library Sheet
Relations Decision - Foss v. Foss - 2011 NSSC 115 - 2011-03-10 - Decision

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SUPREME COURT OF NOVA SCOTIA

(FAMILY DIVISION)

Citation: Foss v. Foss, 2011 NSSC 115

 

Date: 20110310

Docket: 1201-059561

Registry: Halifax

Between:

Clinton Floyd Foss

Petitioner

v.

 

Dawn Louise Foss

Respondent

 

 

LIBRARY HEADING

 

Judge:             The Honourable Justice Elizabeth Jollimore

 

Heard:                        March 10, 2011

 

Written Decision:       March 24, 2011

 

Keywords:                  child support, shared parenting

 

Legislation:                Federal Child Support Guidelines, s. 9

Federal Child Support Guidelines, SOR/97-175, s. 16, Schedule III, s. 1(g)

 

Summary:                   Father applied to vary child support once children began to alternate weeks.  Contino analysis applied: set-off amount equivalent to the additional costs resulting from shared parenting.  To have parents ensure no significant disparity between children’s households meant maintaining previous amount of child support.

 

 

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