Does a spouse who has experienced a marked decline in standard living need financial assistance?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Wellard v Wellard, 2020 BCSC 1877 (CanLII):

In Lee v. Lee, 2014 BCCA 383, Justice Newbury, writing for the majority, noted that a spouse who experienced a marked decline in standard of living should receive some financial assistance upon marriage breakdown.

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