Can a lump sum payment be collapsed into a more substantial lump-sum payment?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Holman v. Holman, 2015 ONCA 552 (CanLII):
Bracklow v. Bracklow, 1999 CanLII 715 (SCC), [1999] 1 S.C.R. 420 explicitly recognizes the interrelationship of amount and duration: The two [amount and duration] interrelate: a modest support order of indefinite duration could be collapsed into a more substantial lump-sum payment: para. 54.
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