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 The [[Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines]] (SSAG), often called the ''Advisory Guidelines'', is not a law. It is an academic paper that describes a number of mathematical formulas that can be used to calculate how much spousal support should be paid and how long spousal support should be paid, once a person's entitlement to receive spousal support has been proven.
-Although the Advisory Guidelines is not a law, the courts of British Columbia and many other provinces routinely rely on the Advisory Guidelines formulas when making decisions about spousal support and the Advisory Guidelines cannot be ignored if you have a problem involving the payment of spousal support.
+Although the Advisory Guidelines is not a law, the courts of British Columbia and many other provinces routinely rely on the Advisory Guidelines formulas when making decisions about spousal support. The Advisory Guidelines cannot be ignored if you have a problem involving the payment of spousal support.
 The Advisory Guidelines formulas, and the way the courts have dealt with the Advisory Guidelines, are discussed in more detail in the pages on [[The Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines]] in the [[Spousal Support]] chapter.