Can a retroactive award be made to a child's parents when the child is no longer in their care?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Deuling v. Ketchum, 2016 BCSC 824 (CanLII):
The law is clear that, although agreements reached by parents should be given considerable weight, where circumstances have changed, courts may order a retroactive award so long as the applicable statutory regime permits it: Hiemstra v. Hiemstra, 2006 SCC 37 at para. 78.
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