What is the test for a spouse to apply for spousal support under the Spousal Support Review System?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Bockhold v. Bockhold, 2010 BCSC 214 (CanLII):
This conclusion was followed in Emery v. Emery, 2007 BCSC 1747 at para. 32, 47 R.F.L. (6th) 72, where Justice Powers stated, “I take it from these cases that the SSAG were not designed to deal with reviews or applications to vary spousal support, but that they do provide a form of checklist”.
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