What is the test for proper application under the Divorce Act?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from B.D.M. v. A.E.M., 2014 BCSC 453 (CanLII):
The proper application of the principles set out in the Divorce Act were considered in the seminal cases of Moge and Bracklow v. Bracklow, 1999 CanLII 715 (SCC), [1999] 1 S.C.R. 420.
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