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The Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines (view source)
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====Upper and lower income limits==== | ====Upper and lower income limits==== | ||
The Advisory Guidelines has both floors and ceilings: where a payor's income is below $20,000, no spousal support will be payable; and, where a payor's income exceeds $350,000, the payor should pay at the amount for incomes of $350,000. The payor's income above that ceiling will be taken into <span class="noglossary">account</span> | The Advisory Guidelines has both floors and ceilings: where a payor's income is below $20,000, no spousal support will be payable; and, where a payor's income exceeds $350,000, the payor should pay at the amount for incomes of $350,000. The payor's income above that ceiling will be taken into <span class="noglossary">account</span> at the discretion of the court. Although, in a recent case our Court of Appeal warned that the court would still have to be given reasons to depart from the Guidelines ranges, even when the payor’s income is substantially above the $350,000 ceiling: ''Hathaway v Hathaway'' 2014 BCCA 310. | ||
====Exceptions to the formulas and restructuring the results==== | ====Exceptions to the formulas and restructuring the results==== | ||