Can a sponsorship agreement affect a spouse's entitlement to spousal support?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Charan v Charan, 2018 BCSC 1537 (CanLII):
In Volik v. Lisovska, 2011 BCSC 22, at para. 115, McCaulay J. held that while the sponsorship agreement does not directly affect entitlement to spousal support or its quantum, neither the agreement nor the financial consequences of its termination, can be ignored:
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