What is the difference between the amount of spousal support awarded by a court and the amount that is awarded by the court?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Prasad v Prasad, 2019 BCSC 1248 (CanLII):
The underlying goals of compensatory and non-compensatory spousal support, namely, equitable sharing of the economic consequences of a marriage or its breakdown, and narrowing the gap between the needs and means of the spouses, were discussed in Chutter v. Chutter, 2008 BCCA 507.
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