How have the courts in BC considered prior incomes when determining spousal support?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Odiorne v Odiorne, 2019 BCSC 1240 (CanLII):
In Wilson v. Wilson, 2016 BCSC 1315, Mr. Justice Armstrong held that the court must consider the parties’ prior incomes, their ages, skills, training and health to determine if their reported incomes should be the incomes used to determine spousal support (at para. 160).
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