What is the test for granting interim support and other corollary relief in a divorce action?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Barton v. Barton, 1981 CanLII 2587 (ON CJ):
[10] In Bee v. Bee, 1980 CanLII 2430, 3 A.C.W.S. (2d) 49, 1980 CarswellOnt 2873, the learned master held that it was no bar to his granting interim support and other corollary relief in a divorce action that an interim order had earlier covered the same relief under The Family Law Reform Act, 1978. In doing so, the master stated at page 2 (emphasis added):
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