1,399
edits
Difference between revisions of "The Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines"
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
m
The Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines (view source)
Revision as of 20:14, 26 June 2019
, 20:14, 26 June 2019→The law in other provinces
| Line 116: | Line 116: | ||
<blockquote>"These <span class="noglossary">Guidelines</span> are not mandatory and are only a suggestion. There has been very little judicial analysis of the Guidelines as they are new."</blockquote> | <blockquote>"These <span class="noglossary">Guidelines</span> are not mandatory and are only a suggestion. There has been very little judicial analysis of the Guidelines as they are new."</blockquote> | ||
<blockquote>"I suggest that courts will likely use these Guidelines as a <span class="noglossary">bench</span> mark to see what the support amount would be if the Guidelines were | <blockquote>"I suggest that courts will likely use these Guidelines as a <span class="noglossary">bench</span> mark to see what the support amount would be if the Guidelines were applied. Thus it will serve as another method of calculation, which when coincidentally echoing judicial discretion, will become referenced with approval. In other cases where the courts are either astonished by the payment proposition, that is that the math creates a number that is perceived to be too high or inadequate, the courts will shy away from its <span class="noglossary">application</span>."</blockquote> | ||
And, finally, my personal favourite for the judge's powerful and florid language, ''[http://canlii.ca/t/1pvt2 V.S. v. A.K.]'', 2005 ABQB 754, Alberta Court of Queen's Bench, 2005: | And, finally, my personal favourite for the judge's powerful and florid language, ''[http://canlii.ca/t/1pvt2 V.S. v. A.K.]'', 2005 ABQB 754, Alberta Court of Queen's Bench, 2005: | ||