Canadian Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines - Update

I last wrote about the proposed Spousal Support Guidelines in May 2005, to discuss the general features of the new advisory guideline recommendations.

I came across this very interesting summary of how the Courts have been applying the Guidelines in decided cases throughout Canada. As you will note, the Spousal Support Guidelines have had varying degrees of influence, but as at the date of the summary (July 2005), they were increasingly emerging as a starting point for consideration of the quantum and duration of spousal support Orders.

This observation is consistent with our general experience to date in Ontario.

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