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Shared parenting and child support

Jackie Cavanagh (Sherwood Park)

We have shared custody of our 2 boys 50/50 (age12&15). We each "pay" child support but with my income being higher I send him $ every month to make up the difference. Under Section 3, Child support covers all necessary needs for living like food, mortgage, haircuts, school fees etc. So does that mean that since my ex receives the child support difference he should be paying the complete cost of haircuts, shared clothing, school fees etc? Or are those expenses still split in half since we both technically "pay" and "receive" child support?

0 15 hours ago

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