What are the grounds for entitlement to support in the context of employment law?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from P.J.A. v. C.G.A., 2004 BCSC 1173 (CanLII):

In Bracklow v. Bracklow 1999 CanLII 715 (SCC), [1999] 1 S.C.R. 420, the court identified the three grounds for entitlement to support as compensatory, non-compensatory, and contractual.

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