Difference between revisions of "The Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines"

The Advisory Guidelines is not a law, and people involved in family law disputes are not bound by it. As of July 2008, the Department of Justice said that it had no plans to turn the Advisory Guidelines into a law and didn't intend to do so. I've heard nothing to suggest a contrary intention since. The BC Court of Appeal, however, has said that a judge must consider the Advisory Guidelines, and a ruling that falls substantially outside its ranges may be an appealable error. Lawyers and the courts now routinely use the Advisory Guidelines in making decisions about spousal support. Read more below under the heading "The state of the law in British Columbia."