Can a court consider any marital misconduct on the part of the other spouse when making an order for support?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from H.L.U. v. R.C.U., 2015 BCSC 313 (CanLII):
Pursuant to section 15.2(5), the court is forbidden to consider any marital misconduct on the part of the other spouse – as distinct from the emotional consequences that flow from such misconduct – when making an order for support: Leskun v. Leskun, 2006 SCC 25 at para. 21.
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