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| link = [http://www.familylaw.lss.bc.ca/resources/fact_sheets/spousal_support.php Spousal Support] | | link = [http://www.familylaw.lss.bc.ca/resources/fact_sheets/spousal_support.php Spousal Support] | ||
}} | }}Spousal support is a payment made by one spouse, the ''payor'', to the other spouse, the ''recipient'', to help with his or her day-to-day living expenses or to compensate the recipient for the financial choices the spouses made during the relationship. | ||
Spousal support is a payment made by one spouse, the ''payor'', to the other spouse, the ''recipient'', to help with his or her day-to-day living expenses or to compensate the recipient for the financial choices the spouses made during the relationship. | |||
Although anyone who was in a married or unmarried spousal relationship can ''apply'' for spousal support, it's important to know that there is no automatic ''right'' to receive support just because of the relationship. Whether spousal support will be paid, and, if so, how much will be paid, always depends on the particular circumstances of each couple. | Although anyone who was in a married or unmarried spousal relationship can ''apply'' for spousal support, it's important to know that there is no automatic ''right'' to receive support just because of the relationship. Whether spousal support will be paid, and, if so, how much will be paid, always depends on the particular circumstances of each couple. | ||
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This section provides an introduction to the law on spousal support. It also looks at what happens when a potential recipient applies for social assistance, and reviews the income tax consequences of spousal support payments. | This section provides an introduction to the law on spousal support. It also looks at what happens when a potential recipient applies for social assistance, and reviews the income tax consequences of spousal support payments. | ||
The other sections in this chapter explore issues about spousal support in more detail, including the Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines. | The other sections in this chapter explore issues about spousal support [[Basic Principles of Spousal Support|in more detail]], including the [[The Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines|Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines]], [[Making Changes to Spousal Support|making changes to spousal support]], and the problem of [[Spousal Support Arrears|arrears of spousal support]]. | ||
==An introduction to spousal support== | ==An introduction to spousal support== | ||