What is divided success in a family court case?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Howes v. Howes, 2018 ONSC 6297 (CanLII):
Divided success does not necessarily mean “equal success”. Most family court cases involve multiple issues. Not all issues are equally important, equally time consuming or equally expensive to determine. (see Jackson v. Mayerle, supra at para. 66)
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