What are the principles to be applied in retroactive variation of support?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Stuart v. Ganam, 2013 BCSC 849 (CanLII):
In Morgan v. Morgan, 2006 BCSC 1197, Mr. Justice Kelleher summarized the principles to be applied in considering a retroactive variation of support as follows:
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