What is the test for reducing child support arrears?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from D.M.H.P. v R.J.C.P, 2018 BCSC 1755 (CanLII):
I have specifically considered the father’s submissions, set out at para. 36, that his child support arrears should be reduced to zero. As noted in Ohlsen v. Chester 2016, BCSC 605 at para. 12: “[b]efore cancelling arrears, a court must conclude that maintaining the arrears is so unfair that it would serve to impose an injustice on the payor which the court could not countenance.”
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