By Maria K. Powell (December 11, 2020, 4:25 PM EST) -- Setting aside the family law issues that arose as a result of the global COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 saw the courts take a fresh look at child support obligations and the resulting impacts on families. The Supreme Court of Canada provided new guidance on recalculation of support arrears in Michel v. Graydon 2019 S.C.J. No. 102 and the pending decision in Colucci v. Colucci [2019] S.C.C.A. No. 374 promises to add further instruction to the analysis of D.B.S. v. S.R.G. [2006] 2 S.C.R. 231 — or to outright turn the analysis on its head....