===Arrears under the ''Divorce Act''===
If you've read the section in this chapter on [[Making Changes to Child Support]], you know that an application to cancel or reduce arrears of child support is much the same kind of application as an application to change a child support order where the ''[[Divorce Act]]'' is involved. Like applications to change a child support order, applications to reduce or cancel arrears are made under section 17 of the act.
Section 17 of the ''Divorce Act'' says this about varying orders for spousal support: