What are the principles underlying entitlement to and calculation of spousal support for the purposes of determining the outcome of a BCSC case?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Fleming v. Fleming, 2016 BCSC 2408 (CanLII):
In Gisler v. Gisler, 2015 BCSC 323, both parties were represented by counsel but because neither client was financially sophisticated I reviewed some basic principles underlying entitlement to and calculation of spousal support for their benefit. I will repeat them here since the explanation may be helpful to an understanding of the outcome in this case:
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