What is the test for entitlement to a spouse's share of income?

Ontario, Canada


The following excerpt is from Kalkanis v. Domingues, 2022 ONSC 1071 (CanLII):

Income discrepancy is not enough to establish entitlement. There must be evidence of a disadvantage arising from the marriage or its breakdown: Lamb v. Watt, [2017] ONSC 5838 at para 28.

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