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In 2001, the federal Department of Justice struck an advisory working group to look into the feasibility of uniform guidelines for the calculation of spousal support. The group was composed of judges, family law lawyers, law school faculty members, and social workers. The group was led by Professors Carol Rogerson and Rollie Thompson, both gifted and highly qualified academics with strong backgrounds in family law. | In 2001, the federal Department of Justice struck an advisory working group to look into the feasibility of uniform guidelines for the calculation of spousal support. The group was composed of judges, family law lawyers, law school faculty members, and social workers. The group was led by Professors Carol Rogerson and Rollie Thompson, both gifted and highly qualified academics with strong backgrounds in family law. | ||
In January 2005, Professors Rogerson and Thompson released their first paper, ''Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines: A Draft Proposal'', for public comment and feedback. After touring the country speaking to judges, lawyers and academics, and monitoring the case law on the draft Advisory Guidelines as it developed over several years, Rogerson and Thompson released their final paper, ''Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines'', in July 2008. This was supplemented by the [https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/rp-pr/fl-lf/spousal-epoux/ug_a1-gu_a1/index.html Revised Users Guide] in 2016 | In January 2005, Professors Rogerson and Thompson released their first paper, ''Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines: A Draft Proposal'', for public comment and feedback. After touring the country speaking to judges, lawyers, and academics, and monitoring the case law on the draft Advisory Guidelines as it developed over several years, Rogerson and Thompson released their final paper, ''Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines'', in July 2008. This was supplemented by the [https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/rp-pr/fl-lf/spousal-epoux/ug_a1-gu_a1/index.html Revised Users Guide] in 2016. | ||
===The legal status of the advisory guidelines=== | ===The legal status of the advisory guidelines=== | ||
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===The Advisory Guidelines in a nutshell=== | ===The Advisory Guidelines in a nutshell=== | ||
The Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines is an attempt to capture how the majority of Canadian court decisions on spousal support have determined how much support should be paid, and how long support should be paid for, in mathematical formulas. It is not intended to change the law on spousal support, rather it is intended to normalize future decisions about spousal support based upon how the general majority of past court decisions have dealt with the issue. | The Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines is an attempt to capture how the majority of Canadian court decisions on spousal support have determined how much support should be paid, and how long support should be paid for, in mathematical formulas. It is not intended to change the law on spousal support, rather, it is intended to normalize future decisions about spousal support based upon how the general majority of past court decisions have dealt with the issue. | ||
====Influence of existing law==== | ====Influence of existing law==== | ||