On an appeal of a decision ordering spousal support, can the appellate court overturn the order?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from S.P. v. R.P., 2011 ONCA 336 (CanLII):
On an appeal of a decision ordering spousal support, the appellate court should not overturn the order unless the reasons disclose an error in principle, a significant misapprehension of the evidence, or unless the order was clearly wrong: Hickey v. Hickey, 1999 CanLII 691 (SCC), [1999] 2 S.C.R. 518 at para. 11.
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