What is the test for self-sufficientness in a spouse?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Levin v. Levin, 2018 ONSC 6805 (CanLII):
In Costa, the court considered para. 53 of Fisher v. Fisher[12], in which the court stated: A determination of self-sufficiency requires consideration of the parties’ present and potential incomes, their standard of living during the marriage, the efficacy of any suggested steps to increase the parties means, the parties likely post-separation circumstances (including the impact of equalization of their property), the duration of their cohabitation and any other relevant factors.
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