Is a payor's unilateral decision to reduce child support from the amount payable by obligation justified as retroactive support?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from S.J.L. v J.A.R, 2019 BCSC 534 (CanLII):

A payor’s unilateral decision to reduce child support from the amount payable by obligation is correctly categorized as arrears, and need not be justified as retroactive support: MacCarthy v. MacCarthy, 2015 BCCA 496 at para. 55.

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