Victory for parents of the children with disabilities, received child support.

A recent court decision has determined that adult children with disabilities whose parents are receiving child support should not have the child support counted as their income for the purposes of eligibility for ODSP. There will be some people who were not previously eligible for ODSP who will become eligible, and others whose benefits should stop being reduced by the amount of the child support. Note that the new regime includes a separate annual income reporting requirement for child support payments. While this court decision should mean that only payments made directly to or for the benefit of the child are considered income to the child, the new reporting forms appear to ask about the use made of the entire child support payment.