Does a consent order need to be interpreted as a contract?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Hanna v. Bazuik, 2010 ONSC 4750 (CanLII):
The consent order which incorporates the terms of a spousal support agreement, is really the formal expression of an agreement between the parties and must be interpreted and dealt with as though it were a contract: Turpin v. Clark [2010] W.D.F.L. 166.
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