What is the test for terminating spousal support in a divorce action?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Threlfall v Threlfall, 2018 BCSC 1805 (CanLII):
The respondent seeks a final order terminating spousal support pursuant to section 15.2 of the Divorce Act, R.S.C 1985, c. 3 (2nd Supp.) [DA]. As noted by the court in Yu v. Jordan, 2012 BCCA 367 at para. 47, in the absence of an order for divorce, an order for corollary relief in a divorce action must be an interim order, not a final order:
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