Is a wife entitled to retroactive child support?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Chowdhury v. Chowdhury, 2010 ONSC 781 (CanLII):
The wife has not satisfied me as to her entitlement to retroactive child support. The evidence does not point to an exceptional circumstance that would warrant such an award [Allaire v. Allaire, supra].
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