Does a common law relationship terminate spousal maintenance?
Saskatchewan, Canada
The following excerpt is from Nicholas v. Nicholas, 1988 CanLII 5229 (SK CA):
Carmichael v. Carmichael is authority for the proposition that entering into a common law relationship will terminate spousal maintenance. See Proudfoot, J., at page 125: “It still remains in my opinion, contrary to public policy. It is wrong to force a former husband to support a previous wife when a new husband or spouse is in the picture.”
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