What is the test for non-compensatory spousal support when the payee is disabled?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Brouwer v Brouwer, 2019 BCSC 274 (CanLII):

In Bracklow v. Bracklow, 1999 CanLII 715 (SCC), [1999] 1 S.C.R. 420, McLachlin J. (as she then was) discussed some of the principles that apply to non-compensatory spousal support when the payee is disabled:

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