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Financial decisions during a relationship can cause someone to be entitled to compensation if the couple decided that one of them should quit work and stay at home to raise the children and be a homemaker. Someone who stays at home may have to leave a job or a career, and it can be very difficult to return to work after being out of the workforce, particularly when the relationship was long and there is no career to return to. | Financial decisions during a relationship can cause someone to be entitled to compensation if the couple decided that one of them should quit work and stay at home to raise the children and be a homemaker. Someone who stays at home may have to leave a job or a career, and it can be very difficult to return to work after being out of the workforce, particularly when the relationship was long and there is no career to return to. | ||
The end of a relationship can cause someone to need financial help. After a couple separate, the same amount of income they had during the relationship now has to pay for two rent bills, two hydro bills and two grocery bills. When the couple were together, however, their combined incomes only had to pay for one rent <span class="noglossary">bill</span>, one hydro bill and one phone bill. | The end of a relationship can cause someone to need financial help. After a couple separate, the same amount of income they had during the relationship now has to pay for two rent bills, two hydro bills and two grocery bills. When the couple were together, however, their combined incomes only had to pay for one rent <span class="noglossary">bill</span>, one hydro <span class="noglossary">bill</span> and one phone <span class="noglossary">bill</span>. | ||
Spousal support is usually paid every month, although it can be paid in a large, single payment. The amount of spousal support that should be paid is usually an amount that the person with more money can afford to pay, using the money left over after that person's basic living expenses have been paid. | Spousal support is usually paid every month, although it can be paid in a large, single payment. The amount of spousal support that should be paid is usually an amount that the person with more money can afford to pay, using the money left over after that person's basic living expenses have been paid. | ||
