Is a post-separation payor entitled to an increase in earnings?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Mazloomi v Mazloomi, 2021 BCSC 871 (CanLII):

Treatment of post-separation increases in a payor’s earnings is ultimately a matter of discretion for the court, and each case must be determined on its own facts: Thompson v. Thompson, 2013 ONSC 5500 at para. 103.

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