On March 1, 2010, sections of the Family Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009* come into force, amending various sections of the Children’s Law Reform Act, the Family Law Act, the Change of Name Act ,and the Vital Statistics Act.

Under the amended Family Law Act, for example, child support payable  may be recalculated to reflect updated income information. While no cases are available for the interpretation of this section yet, I believe it will make the lives of many a lot easier if they unfortunately lose their jobs and become unable to pay support.

The Family Law Rules are also amended under the new legislation. The changes include an amended Form 6B: Affidavit of Service, while the new Form 35.1 is required for custody or access claims.

Neither of the current Consolidated Ontario Family Law Statutes and Regulations (2009) nor Ontario Family Law Practice (2010) reflects the pending changes. When asked, the respective publishers told me that there won’t be a supplementary edition to reflect the changes, and I will have to buy new books in the summer.

Does anyone care?

* S.O. 2009, c. 11