What is the test for variation in a child support order?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from E.B.G. v. S.M.B., 2015 BCSC 541 (CanLII):
On a variation application, the court must accept that the amount of support awarded in the original order was correct at the time that order was pronounced and must consider the extent to which the circumstances of the parties have changed since the original was granted: McMurchy v. McMurchy, 2002 BCCA 629 at para. 19.
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