What is the purpose of s. 89 of the BC's Marriage and Divorce Act, s.89 of the Criminal Code?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Perera v Perera, 2021 BCSC 2349 (CanLII):
[24] In Etemadi v. Maali, 2021 BCCA 298, the court described the purpose of s. 89 orders as assisting “economically disadvantaged spouses’ access to justice in matrimonial dispute or otherwise ‘level the litigation playing field’”: para. 8. In McKenny v. McKenny, 2015 BCSC 1345 at para. 57.
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