What is the test for determining whether an extraordinary expense is extraordinary and ought to be shared?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Goddard v. Stewart, 2013 BCSC 2289 (CanLII):

The result in McDonald v. McDonald is distinguishable as the case was decided under a different test for determining whether an expense is extraordinary and ought to be shared (i.e. before s. 7(1.1) was enacted in 2006).

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