Retroactive record.

• Author: Mitchell, Teresa
• Position: Bench press

A BC mother discovered when her son was almost eighteen that the child's father was considerably more wealthy than she had known. She obtained an order for monthly child support based on the father's income of over a million dollars a year, but also asked for an award of retroactive child support to cover the many years that she supported him out of her own assets and income, unaware of the father's true circumstances. The BC Supreme Court agreed, and awarded her over $600,000 in retroactive child support, an amount her lawyers suggest is the largest retroactive award in...