What is the burden of showing there has been a significant and long lasting change in circumstances for a parent seeking to reduce or cancel child support arrears?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Wilson v Garbella, 2018 BCSC 864 (CanLII):
A parent seeking to reduce or cancel arrears of child support bears the heavy burden of showing there has been a significant and long lasting change in circumstances. The court will only cancel arrears if a person is unable to pay now and will be unable to pay in the future: Earle v. Earle, 1999 BCSC 283 at para. 46.
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