Supreme Court

SUPREME COURT OF NOVA SCOTIA

(FAMILY DIVISION)

Citation: Gannon v. Gannon, 2014 NSSC 113

Date: 2014-04-03

Docket: 1201-063707; SFHD-065026

Registry: Halifax

Between:

Shirley Therese Gannon

Petitioner

v.

Phillip Roy Gannon

Respondent

LIBRARY HEADING

Judge:                         The Honourable Justice Elizabeth Jollimore

Heard:                        March 20, 2014

Summary:                  Mother applied to vary child support for children in a shared parenting arrangement, to obtain retroactive reimbursement of special or extraordinary expenses and for a declaration of entitlement to claim government benefits and tax deductions under the Income Tax Act.  Child support calculated.  Retroactive claim dismissed.  Declaratory relief beyond the court’s jurisdiction to order.

Key words:                Corollary Relief Judgment, Divorce Act, Family- income tax, Family- child support- application to vary, Family- child support- retroactive, Federal Child Support Guidelines, Section 7 expenses

Legislation:                Divorce Act, R.S.C. 1985 (2^nd Supp.), c. 3, subsection 17(4)
Federal Child Support Guidelines, SOR 97/175, subsection 7(3); section 9; subsection 14(b); section 16; Schedule III, subsection 1(g)
Income Tax Act, R.S.C. 1985 (5^th Supp.), c. 1
Tax Court of Canada Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. T-2, subsection 12(1)

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