Support payments

Case	Description	Year	Facta
Dickie v. Dickie	Dickie is a family law case that deals with the recourses and remedies available when parties, overwhelmingly men, are in breach of family court orders. The case specifically addresses whether the default of an order to provide security for costs or security for the payment of support obligations is punishable by a contempt of court order...	2007
DBS v. SRG	This landmark Supreme Court of Canada case concerns the issue of child support and the entitlement of recipient spouses, predominantly mothers, to increased child support following an increase in the income of payer spouses, who are predominantly fathers...	2006
Boston v. Boston	In 1994, Willis and Shirley Boston agreed to separate and divided their assets; as well, Willis agreed to pay Shirley $3200 a month in spousal support. As required by Ontario law, Willis' pension was included in the calculation of the couple's assets...	2001
M.v. H.	The case of M. v. H involved a woman, "M," who wanted to sue her former same-sex partner, "H", for support when their relationship dissolved. Because "M" is a lesbian, she discovered that she could not use an Ontario family law to gain financial support from "H"...	1999	none
The Queen v. Suzanne Thibaudeau	Suzanne Thibaudeau, a divorced mother of two, went to the Supreme Court of Canada to challenge regulations in the Income Tax Act which required her to pay income tax on her child support payments, although her ex-spouse could deduct the payments from his taxable income...	1995
Moge v. Moge	Sophia Moge, 55, was a homemaker during the day and a cleaner in the evening when she separated from her husband of 18 years and took custody of their children. After several years, Mr. Moge said he no longer wanted to pay support to his former wife...	1992
Albrecht v. Albrecht	After a 35-year marriage ended in divorce, Mrs. Albrecht lost her rights to a division of Canada Pension Plan credits...	1990
Shewchuk v. Ricard	LEAF argued that provisions in the Child Paternity and Support Act were that only allowed mothers to seek affiliation with their children born out of wedlock and subsequently can only initiate payment orders against the child's father...	1986