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===A change in the law: ''D.B.S. v. S.R.G.''=== | ===A change in the law: ''D.B.S. v. S.R.G.''=== | ||
In July 2006, the Supreme Court of Canada released its | In July 2006, the Supreme Court of Canada released its judgment in four related cases, ''D.B.S. v. S.R.G.'', ''L.J.W. v. T.A.R.'', ''Henry v. Henry'' and ''Hiemstra v. Hiemstra'', [http://canlii.ca/t/1p0tv 2006 SCC 37 (CanLII)] and significantly clarified the law on retroactive child support. Where it changed the law, the changes were not all that far from our Court of Appeal's decision in ''L.S. v. E.P.'' These cases are referred to collectively as just ''D.B.S. v. S.R.G.'', the initials of the lead case. | ||
The logic underlying the [http://canlii.ca/t/1p0tv court's decision] is this: | The logic underlying the [http://canlii.ca/t/1p0tv court's decision] is this: | ||
