Priority to child support
(1)Where a court is considering an application for a child support order and an application for a spousal support order, the court shall give priority to child support in determining the applications.
Reasons
(2)Where, as a result of giving priority to child support, the court is unable to make a spousal support order or the court makes a spousal support order in an amount that is less than it otherwise would have been, the court shall record its reasons for having done so.Consequences of reduction or termination of child support order
(3)Where, as a result of giving priority to child support, a spousal support order was not made, or the amount of a spousal support order is less than it otherwise would have been, any subsequent reduction or termination of that child support constitutes a change of circumstances for the purposes of applying for a spousal support order, or a variation order in respect of the spousal support order, as the case may be.1997, c. 1, s. 2;