What is the threshold for a material change in circumstances where the circumstances relied upon are not known?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from S.M.R.C. v. S.H.C., 2014 BCSC 2197 (CanLII):

Accordingly, if the circumstances relied upon by the applicant as constituting a material change were in fact known by Thompson J. when he rendered his judgment in this matter, the mandatory threshold is not met: MacLanders v. MacLanders, 2012 BCCA 482 at paras. 18–19.

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