What are the conceptual models for entitlement to spousal support?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Hill v Hill, 2017 BCSC 2117 (CanLII):

The conceptual models for entitlement to spousal support were summarized by Madam Justice Ballance in Pickford v. Pickford, 2008 BCSC 380, at paras. 28-32:

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