What is the test for overturning an order for spousal support by the Court of Appeal?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Aspe v. Aspe, 2010 BCCA 508 (CanLII):
An appellate court will not interfere with an order for spousal support unless the judge below made an error in principle, significantly misapprehended the evidence, or made an award that is clearly wrong: Hickey v. Hickey, 1999 CanLII 691 (SCC), [1999] 2 S.C.R. 518.
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