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===Spousal support=== | ===Spousal support=== | ||
Spousal support is paid by one spouse to the other to help cover that person's day-to-day living expenses. A separation agreement | Spousal support is paid by one spouse to the other to help cover that person's day-to-day living expenses. A separation agreement that provides for the payment of spousal support should be negotiated bearing in mind all of the things the court would have considered in making an order for spousal support. | ||
Typically, a separation agreement | Typically, a separation agreement that requires spousal support to be paid will include some means of limiting the length of time for which support will be payable. Such terms might include: | ||
*a fixed length of time over which support will be paid, after which the payor will have no more responsibility to pay, | *a fixed length of time over which support will be paid, after which the payor will have no more responsibility to pay, |