Is retroactive child support retroactive?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Street v Street, 2017 BCSC 981 (CanLII):

Similarly, in Le v. Tran, 2012 ONCJ 601 at paras. 25 and 34, retroactive child support was granted, however, the court noted that there was little evidence about the child’s circumstances and the court was not able to find that the child had suffered from support not being paid.

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