What is the test for securing an indefinite support award?
Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
The following excerpt is from Shears v Shears, 2019 NLCA 40 (CanLII):
I would not disturb the Judge’s decision to require the indefinite support award to be secured or guaranteed in some way. Such an order has previously been made in this province with respect to an indefinite support award in Dobbin v. Dobbin, 2009 NLUFC 11, 284 Nfld. & P.E.I.R. 6.
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