What is the test for making a temporary order for support?

Temporary orders for support, as the name suggests, are not final orders. They were formerly known as ‘interim orders”, referencing the fact that they were intended to cover the interim period between the commencement of proceedings and trial. The Family Law Rules now use the term temporary to underscore the notion that they are not intended to be long term solutions. They are by their nature imperfect solutions. They are based on limited and typically untested information. They are meant to provide “a reasonably acceptable solution to a difficult problem until trial”: Chaitas v. Christopoulos, 2004 CanLII 66352 (ON SC), [2004] O.J. No. 907 per Sachs J..