What is the standard of support for the purposes of marriage breakdown support?
Nova Scotia, Canada
The following excerpt is from A. v. B., 2012 NSFC 9 (CanLII):
Bracklow v. Bracklow identified three types of support. One is “contractual” support - that is, support by reference to any agreements between the spouses about their financial obligations to each other. In the present case, there was no evidence of any formal or tacit agreements about their respective obligations in the event of marriage breakdown.
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