What is the test for a retroactive reduction in child support and rescission of arrears?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Caillier v Viray, 2021 BCSC 2512 (CanLII):

D.B.S. was adapted and applied in Colucci v. Colucci, 2021 SCC 24 [Colucci] for the context of a payor seeking a retroactive decrease in child support and rescission of arrears.

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