What is the proper approach when a payor parent is under a child support order but becomes unemployed due to parenting demands of a new relationship?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from H.N. v. S.B., 2013 BCSC 1509 (CanLII):
In McCaffrey v. Paleolog, 2011 BCCA 378, the court summarized the proper approach when a payor parent is under an order to pay child support to a custodial parent but becomes unemployed due to parenting demands of a child of a new relationship.
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