The parents’ legal obligation to financially support their children continues after a separation or divorce in British Columbia. As such, the payment of monthly child support by one parent to the other to help with raising the children (regardless of where the other parent now resides) is an important tenet of B.C. family law. Let’s […]

Child Support

August 26, 2025

Monthly Child Support Guidelines in British Columbia

Child support in BC is the right of the child and parents cannot negotiate away the requirement to pay it. Such support is seen as essential in fulfilling the parents’ responsibility to support their children and to satisfy the rights of the child to have his/her needs fulfilled. Consequently, failure to pay support is treated […]

Child Support, Family Maintenance Enforcement Program

June 27, 2024

How to Enforce Child Support with an FMEP in BC 

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