Research Links

Compiling readings on this page (from which I'll construct blog posts). 

See this legal opinion. See this Ontario Works policy.

Legitimacy (family law)

What are Human Rights? 

Bill 128, Uniform Federal and Provincial Child Support Guidelines Act, 1997

Canadian Child Support Guidelines a Scandal

D.B.S. v. S.R.G.; L.J.W. v. T.A.R.; Henry v. Henry; Hiemstra v. Hiemstra

Sparks v. Dartmouth/Halifax County Regional Housing Authority, (1993), 119 N.S.R. (2d) 91.

OHRC: Litigation and inquiry strategy

Canadians want work. Why have so many stopped looking?

Official Report of  DEBATES OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY (Hansard) THURSDAY, MAY 1, 2014.

B.C. exempts child support for families on assistance

The end of assigning maintenance rights: What does it mean?

Providing a Brighter Future for All Ontario Children

Lawsuit calls for end to claw-back of child support

Province urged to allow women on welfare to keep child support

Province sued over child support (important for how the lawyer suggests child support be held in trust until the child turns 18)

Recent Ontario Tweet

Recent Ontario Hansard

The UK Context

The Child Support Agency and the Old Poor Law

The US Context

CHILD SUPPORT PASS-THROUGH AND DISREGARD POLICIES FOR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE RECIPIENTS

Evaluation of the $150 Child Support Pass-Throughand Disregard Policy in the District of Columbia 

Testing New Ways to Increase the Economic Well-Being of Single-Parent Families:The Effects of Child Support Policies on Welfare Participants

When a mother is not married, it's not always clear who the father is -- and whether or not he must pay child support.