B.T. Granger

The respondent brought a motion to change to terminate his spousal support obligations following his retirement.

The applicant opposed the termination, arguing support was intended for their joint lives, and sought a lump sum to cover her tax liabilities from failing to declare past support as income.

The court found the respondent's retirement constituted a material change in circumstances as explicitly contemplated in the original consent order.

Concluding that the applicant had sufficient time to achieve self-sufficiency and that her tax liabilities were her own responsibility, the court terminated spousal support retroactively to December 31, 2016, and dismissed the applicant's claims.

This was an uncontested family law trial where the applicant sought divorce, spousal support, child support, equalization of net family property, freezing assets, costs, pre-judgment interest, and apportionment of a line of credit for university expenses.

The respondent failed to respond or appear.

The court granted a divorce decree but adjourned all other claims due to insufficient evidence regarding pension division and university expenses.

The court required further evidence, including a pension valuation by the administrator and detailed documentation for s. 7 expenses, and ordered the respondent to file a financial statement.