Joint custody cuts social benefit by 50%, tribunal decides.Toronto--Tina Olivieri, a mother who has joint custody joint custody n. in divorce actions, a decision by the court (often upon agreement of the parents) that the parents will share custody of a child. There are two types of custody, physical and legal. of three children, lost her appeals of a decision to pay only half of basic needs component of income support for her three children under the Ontario Disability Support Program. Ms. Olivieri had appealed to Social Benefit Tribunal A general term for a court, or the seat of a judge. In Roman Law, the term applied to an elevated seat occupied by the chief judicial magistrate when he heard causes. tribunal n. which found that she "had primary care and control of the children 50% of the time" and she "has primary care and control of her children every other week." Therefore, the tribunal held that the appellant A person who, dissatisfied with the judgment rendered in a lawsuit decided in a lower court or the findings from a proceeding before an Administrative Agency, asks a superior court to review the decision. was entitled en·ti·tle tr.v. en·ti·tled, en·ti·tling, en·ti·tles 1. To give a name or title to. 2. To furnish with a right or claim to something: to half of the children's basic needs portion of the income support every month. Ontario Divisional Court Justice J.J. Swinton reviewed the Tribunal ruling and found no error in it. www.canlii.org/on |
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