What is the current state of the law in relation to marriage breakdown support?
Nova Scotia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Mills v. Mills, 2012 NSFC 5 (CanLII):
Bracklow v. Bracklow identified three types of support. One is “contractual” support - by reference to any agreements between the spouses about their financial obligations to each other. In the present case, there was no evidence of any agreements about their respective obligations in the event of marriage breakdown.
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