What is the test for speaking "material change in circumstance" under the Divorce Act?

Nova Scotia, Canada


The following excerpt is from K.C. v. V.A., 2016 NSFC 37 (CanLII):

What does it mean to speak of material change in circumstance? In Lagace v. Mannett, 2012 NSSC 320, Justice Jollimore articulated the test as found in Section 17 of the Divorce Act, indicating as follows:

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