What is the test for spousal support for a lawyer who is married to a married woman with no education or professional experience at the end of their marriage?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from A.B. v. C.D., 2012 BCSC 267 (CanLII):
At the end of the marriage, the Wife was a middle-aged woman without any developed work skills or significant job experience, while the Husband, on the other hand, was now a leading lawyer with an established career in Vancouver. The authorities are clear that circumstances such as these do justify an order for spousal support on compensatory grounds: Moge v. Moge, 1992 CanLII 25 (SCC), [1992] 3 S.C.R. 813 at 864, 867-868.
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