Difference between revisions of "Dividing Property and Debt in Family Law Matters"

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 <blockquote><tt>(3) The Supreme Court may consider also the extent to which the financial means and earning capacity of a spouse have been affected by the responsibilities and other circumstances of the relationship between the spouses if, on making a determination respecting spousal support, the objectives of spousal support under section 161 [objectives of spousal support] have not been met.</tt></blockquote>
-This provision will apply when there is an obvious need for spousal support to be paid, but the potential payor doesn't have the surplus income from which to pay. In such a case, the spouse in need of support might get more of the family property to make up for the support that can't be paid.
+This provision will apply when there is an obvious need for spousal support to be paid, but the potential payor doesn't have the surplus income from which to pay. In this situation, the spouse in need of support might get more of the family property to make up for the support that can't be paid.
 ====Dividing excluded property====