Can a court make a spousal support order retroactive to the date of the parties’ separation?

Manitoba, Canada


The following excerpt is from E.M.U. v. A.M.P., 2013 MBQB 73 (CanLII):

In Dickson v. Dickson, 2011 MBCA 26, it was held that there is jurisdiction in a Family Maintenance Act proceeding for the court to make a spousal support order retroactive to the date of parties’ separation.

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