What is the child support obligation of a biological parent?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Bil v. McPherson, 2009 BCSC 351 (CanLII):
The Guidelines and the case law establish that the child support obligation of a biological parent is determined solely on the incomes of the parties to the action, unless there is a successful application for undue hardship pursuant to s. 10 of the Guidelines (Guidelines ss. 3 and 10; Desjardins v. Desjardins (1999), 1999 CanLII 6321 (BC SC), 49 R.F.L. (4th) 242 (B.C.S.C.); Rockwell v. Rockwell, [1998] B.C.J. No. 3240 (S.C.)).
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