4. Get your Notice of Recalculation
After you submit your online application to change , your partner gets a notice in the mail from the Ministry of the Attorney General. This notice tells them that you applied to the Child Support Service to change the child support amount.
The notice:
- lists the names and dates of birth of the children the support is for
- lists the that you have, or are asking for
- tells your partner to respond by going to ontario.ca/page/arranging-child-support within 25 days
If your partner does not respond, the service may change the amount of child support based only on the information you gave. But it will not do this if any of the following apply:
- you're asking to update child support in a
- you're asking to add new or make changes to certain special or extraordinary expenses
- you have a temporary about child support
If any of the above situations apply and your partner either does not respond, or responds saying they do not agree to use the service, the service will not be able to process your application.
The service mails you a letter explaining why your application was not processed. You will not get your filing fee back.
Get your Notice of Recalculation
If the Child Support Service can be used in your situation, the service uses the new income information and sends a to you and your partner that says how much child support must be paid.
Both of you must follow the Notice of Recalculation as if it's a court order.
A mistake on your Notice of Recalculation
If you or your partner thinks your Notice of Recalculation has a mistake, for example, a name is spelled wrong, or the parent's pay stubs were not used to calculate income correctly, you can ask for it to be corrected within 15 days of the date the Notice is .
If you disagree with the Notice of Recalculation for another reason, for example, you do not agree with the amount the service calculated, you have to ask a court to change it. You do this by bringing a motion to change child support.
