How has the court rescinded child support arrears accumulated during the five years a payor was in prison?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Gordon v. Wilkins, 2020 ONCJ 115 (CanLII):
[45] In Cote v. Taylor, 2013 ONSC 5428, the court rescinded child support arrears accumulated during the five years the payor was in prison. The court wrote at paragraph 23:
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