What is the standard of review applicable to an order of spousal support?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Yemchuk v. Yemchuk, 2005 BCCA 406 (CanLII):
The standard of review applicable to orders of spousal support is set forth in Hickey v. Hickey, 1999 CanLII 691 (SCC), [1999] 2 S.C.R. 518 (at paras. 11 and 12). In summary, an appellate court should not interfere with a support order (or an order refusing support) unless the reasons for judgment disclose an error in law or in principle, a serious misapprehension of the evidence, or unless the judgment is clearly wrong. (b) The Act, Moge and Bracklow
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