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Ontario Spousal Support 101: Key Issues About How Spousal Support is Determined
How does Ontario define spousal support? It’s a court-ordered or negotiated payment from one spouse to another post-separation, reflecting economic disparity caused by the relationship. What are the eligibility criteria for spousal support? Length of relationship Roles during marriage Ability to pay and need Recipient’s capacity for self-sufficiency What factors influence the amount and duration? […]
Are High Income Earners Governed by the Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines?
Few of us are “burdened” with the problem of being in a super-high income-earning bracket. But for those married individuals who are, and who decide to separate and divorce, a narrow but important question arises as to whether the Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines (SSAG) apply in the way they do to people earning a more […]
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’Just Friends’ Don’t File Tax Returns Together – Ending Spousal Support for Those Who Have New Partners
In a prior Blog, we emphasized that a spouse’s obligation to support his or her Ex-spouse does not end automatically once the Ex remarries or begins living with another partner. However, any Family Court asked to consider whether it should end at that point will (among other things) examine the new relationship and take into account […]
“Beer, Bingo and Boyfriends” – Should Support Payors Have a Say in How Money is Spent?
When it comes to spousal support payments in Ontario: Does the paying spouse have any say over how the recipient spends that support money?
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