What is the basic parental contribution?
The disposable income of both parents is added together, and the total is transferred to a calculation table called the Basic Parental Contribution Determination Table. The table gives the basic contribution for both parents based on their combined income and the number of children they have together. This contribution is presumed to meet the needs of the children and to be in proportion to the means of the parents. In other words, it is not necessary to prove the children’s needs. The contribution is considered to cover all the expenses for the children concerned, meaning that all their needs have already been taken into account in the table. However, the Rules also allow certain other expenses to be added to the amount given in the table so that the specific needs of a child may be taken into account. These include net child care expenses, net post-secondary education expenses and other net expenses specifically mentioned in lines 403, 404 and 405. The Rules originally provided that
