Can lump sum maintenance be paid to a single parent in Canada?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from C.L.C. v. J.C.W., 2005 BCSC 1495 (CanLII):
In Ahenkora v. Ahenkora, [1999] B.C.J. No. 1770 (S.C.) the court found that where there was a reasonable apprehension that the payor-parent could depart from Canada and fail to pay maintenance, lump sum maintenance could be appropriate.
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