Difference between revisions of "The Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines"

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*pay the total amount payable over the period of the award in a single lump sum.
*pay the total amount payable over the period of the award in a single lump sum.


The point of each option is that the total amount payable under the formula results stays the same. The total amount is just paid sooner or later than the results for duration would normally require.
The point of each option is that the total amount payable under the formula results stays the same. The total amount is just paid sooner or later.


Restructuring will not work if the length of time support is to be paid for is indefinite. In cases like this, the best option is probably to build in a review date, a date on which the recipient's entitlement to receive spousal support will be checked.
Restructuring will not work if the length of time support is to be paid for is indefinite. In cases like this, the best option is probably to build in a review date, a date on which the recipient's entitlement to receive spousal support will be checked.

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