When a child lives away from home, does the court have to consider s. 3(2) of the Child Support Guidelines to reduce child support?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Mickle v. Mickle, 2006 CanLII 9150 (ON SC):
With respect to s. 3(2) Goudge J., quotes Heeney J. on the rationale for reducing child support when the child lives away from home. See Merritt v. Merritt [1999] O.J. No. 1732 at para. 73.
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