Is there any case law where a judge was reluctant to vary or vary a wife’s support order?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from L.J.H. v. J.A.Z., 2014 BCSC 1384 (CanLII):
In Pedersen v. Pedersen, 2013 BCSC 833, the judge was reluctant to vary the original support order because of the compensatory nature of the wife’s entitlement to support, although he ultimately varied it because the husband was unemployed.
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