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Under the ''[[Divorce Act]]'', the court is not allowed to consider a spouse’s behaviour when making an order about spousal support. The same thing is generally true under the ''[[Family Law Act]]'', except that | Under the ''[[Divorce Act]]'', the court is not allowed to consider a spouse’s behaviour when making an order about spousal support. The same thing is generally true under the ''[[Family Law Act]]'', except that under this act the court to take into account misconduct that: | ||
*unreasonably prolongs a spouse’s need for support, or | *unreasonably prolongs a spouse’s need for support, or | ||
