In an appeal of a support order, can a judge interfere with the award?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Terracol v. Terracol, 2012 ONSC 2801 (CanLII):
In an appeal of a support order, an appellate court must give deference to the decision of the motions or trial judge, interfering only if there has been a error in principle or a significant misapprehension of the evidence, or the award is clearly wrong (Hickey v. Hickey, 1999 CanLII 691 (SCC), [1999] 2 S.C.R. 518 at paras. 10 and 11).
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