What is the test for a spouse to meet the spousal support objective of economic self-sufficiency?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Delany v Roberts, 2019 BCSC 712 (CanLII):
On a related issue, Justice Lang discussed the relative quality of the spousal support objective of economic self-sufficiency in Fisher v. Fisher, 2008 ONCA 11:
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