Should Training subsidies constitute income for the purposes of child support under the family law?

A new article will look at child support and the definition of income.  Can a retraining benefit or subsidy constitute income for child support?  Should it constitute income under the law or is this a redundancy of the very purpose for which the funds were granted; that is to assist someone in retraining to earn a real income and not remain in receipt of a subsidy only?  Shouldn't this retraining income be exempt?  If it is not exempt, isn't the law or the government frustrating its own intentions in granting such income as it was not intended as income to be subject to child support and is granted in very limited amounts with the consideration, purpose and objective of retraining an individual only. That said, once the successful training is complete,  is it not the intent of the subsidy granting body to assist and to see that individual obtain a true living wage from which any subject child support owing may be deducted and paid as a right of  the child?  Is it not also the case that someone who is in receipt of such a training subsidy is also usually a recipient of Unemployment Insurance which constitutes income without question under the family law?  Training subsidies should not constitute income for the purposes of child support under the family law.   For further articles, you can also review our companion site; www.angelronen.blogspot.com.

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