What is the test for a spouse to have equal living standards of living when they are married?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Detta v. Detta, 2001 BCSC 1222 (CanLII):
Moge v. Moge, 1992 CanLII 25 (SCC), [1992] 3 S.C.R. 813 (S.C.C.) makes it clear, in para. 84, that “a marriage should be regarded as a joint endeavour, the longer the relationship endures, the closer the economic union, the greater will be the presumptive claim to equal standards of living upon its dissolution…”.
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