When will a motion judge's decision relating to spousal support be reviewed by the Court of Appeal?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Cohen v. Matlofsky, 2016 ONCA 29 (CanLII):
We observe as well that a motion judge’s decision relating to spousal support attracts considerable deference from this court. Absent an error in principle or a significant misapprehension of the evidence, or unless the order is clearly wrong, an appellate court should not interfere with the lower court’s exercise of discretion on matters of spousal support: Hickey v. Hickey, 1999 CanLII 691 (SCC), [1999] 2 S.C.R. 518, at para. 11.
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