Child Support Recalculation Service

The New Brunswick Child Support Recalculation Service (CSRS) is a service you may be able to use to update your child support each year at no cost.

The CSRS helps reduce the time, expense and stress of going through the courts to change their child support. You can apply for this service if you are the payer or the recipient of child support.

This is a brief overview of the Child Support Recalculation Service. It does not contain full information about the service, or the law relating to child support recalculations. Anyone needing advice on their specific support situation should seek legal advice.

The CSRS helps recalculate child support according to a parent’s incomes without having to return to court. They can recalculate the support payment annually using:

  • the Federal Child Support Guidelines,
  • your Canada Revenue Agency Notice of Assessment or Reassessment from the previous year, and
  • a completed Income Questionnaire.

Both parents must provide financial information if they have shared parenting time.

The CSRS can also recalculate your shared special expenses.

As long as you are enrolled, your support amount will be automatically recalculated each year on the anniversary date of your court order or agreement.

You may be eligible if all the following applies:

You have an existing Canadian court order or agreement filed with the court for child support that:

  • Specifically states the income used to calculate child support
  • Sets child support amount based on the Child Support Guidelines, or directs sharing of special expenses in proportion to your incomes
  • Lists the children’s names and dates of birth
  • Provides the following details if you have shared parenting time (custody):
    • Both parties’ incomes,
    • The child support is based upon each party’s income, and
    • Either
      • a) the percentage of time the child(ren) are with each party, or
      • b) how much time is spent with each party so the percentage can be determined

If your court order or agreement is more than one year old, you can apply at any time. If your court order or agreement is less than one year old, contact the CSRS for details on when you can apply

Go to the child support recalculation service’s web page, and download the Application to Enroll in the Child Support Recalculation Service form.

You are not eligible if any of the following applies:

  • You or the other party live outside New Brunswick
  • The payer’s gross annual income is over $150,000
  • The recipient’s income is required for the recalculation, and their gross annual income is over $150,000
  • You’re only seeking to adjust unpaid child support (arrears)
  • You need to adjust your child support before the anniversary date of your order or agreement due to a change in income. The CSRS cannot retroactively adjust child support
  • Your court order or agreement filed with the court says that:
    • The CSRS should not recalculate your child support
    • The payer’s income was “imputed.” This means that the judge relied on what they were told about the payer’s income, but the income was not known
    • Child support was granted in an “interim order” with a scheduled court date, or where unpaid support (arrears) will be reviewed in the future

In all cases, the CSRS needs the payer’s Notice of Assessment or Reassessment from the previous year along with a completed Income Questionnaire.

If the court also required the recipient’s income to calculate the child support and/or special expenses, they also need the recipient’s Notice of Assessment or Reassessment from the previous year and a completed Income Questionnaire as well.

Toll-free: (833) 224-2225

Fax: (506) 453-2234

Email: recalc@gnb.ca

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