Can a spouse resile from a spousal support agreement if they receive an inaccurate, false or misleading financial disclosure?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Dillon v. Dillon, 2014 ONSC 2236 (CanLII):
As between the parties, when one party makes choices with the benefit of independent legal advice, that party cannot resile from the agreement unless the financial disclosure received was inaccurate, false or misleading. See: Quinn v. Epstein Cole, supra, at paras 3-4. (f) Spousal Support – The Miglin Test
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