Search Results for: spousal support

Spousal Support Means, Needs, and Circumstances Considerations

The recent decision of Bhatnagar v Bhatnagar, 2016 ONSC 3054 (CanLII) excellently summarizes spousal support entitlement, quantum, and award basics, while also highlighting retroactive support considerations and the meaning of self-sufficiency in a long marriage.

Spousal misconduct & self

Early Retirement – What Happens to Spousal Support?

An interesting case out of the B.C. Supreme Court this year dealing with a party responsible for spousal support deciding to retire early. In Szczerbaniwicz v. Szczerbaniwicz, 2010 CarswellBC 759, 2010 B.C.S.C. 421, the Plaintiff and the Defendant separated [...read full post]

Spousal and Child Support

Vancouver Spousal and Child Support Lawyers

Our lawyers often advise clients on matters including:

• Entitlement to spousal and child support;
• The amount and duration of both spousal and child support;
• Applications to vary spousal and child support; and
• Review

You thought you were done? Supreme Court of Canada Orders that Historical Child Support is Payable for Independent Adult Child

In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court of Canada in Michel v. Graydon, 2020 SCC 24, unanimously decided that Mr. Graydon was obligated to pay a lump sum of retroactive child support in the amount of $23,000 for [...read full post]

Family law: How a business can be on the hook for spousal payment

When a couple divorces, both individuals have a lot to think about. Under family law rules in British Columbia, one spouse usually pays the support to the other based on individual circumstances, but when the payor is also a business [...read full post]