When will a court order spousal support?

Nova Scotia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Jenkins v. Jenkins, 2008 NSSC 301 (CanLII):

As to spousal support - I do not find on the totality of the evidence that spousal support should be payable at the present time. I have considered the factors set out in Moge v. Moge, supra, the circumstances of the parties since the marriage breakdown, and the husband’s ability to pay. I conclude that the wife did not suffer any economic disadvantage or hardship arising from the marriage or its breakdown.

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