Difference between revisions of "The Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines"

If adjusting support within the ranges doesn't work and if restructuring support doesn't work, chapter 12 of the Advisory Guidelines contains exceptions, which are recognized categories of departure from the formula outcomes that have been included in the Advisory Guidelines so that parties can accommodate their special circumstances. According to a 2016 update from Professors Rogerson and Thompson, in ''[https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/rp-pr/fl-lf/spousal-epoux/ug_a1-gu_a1/p12.html Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines: The Revised User's Guide]'', there has been "a steady increase in the use of the [Advisory Guidelines] exceptions, better every year, and a growing body of case law applying them, including appellate level decisions".