"D.B.S. v. S.G.R.: Promoting Women's Equality through the Automatic Recalculation of Child Support.".

Bakht, Natasha ; Klassen, Claire ; Radbord, Joanna 等

This article presents the arguments of the Women's Legal Education and Action Fund on the issue of retroactive child support. It argues that the systemic inequality experienced by women both prior to and after separation must hot be exacerbated by an interpretation of the legislative child support regime that fails to recognize the feminization of poverty associated with the caregiving of children. By considering the family law case of D.B.S. v. S.R. G. and the legislative history of the child support regime, the authors contend that the Alberta Court of Appeal's progressive approach regarding the automatic calculation of child support best supports women's equality.

Journal of Women and the Law, vol. 18, no. 2, 2006, pp. 535-563.