What is the test for the purpose of compensating spousal support?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Cotton v Cotton, 2015 ONSC 2703 (CanLII):
Compensatory spousal support is intended to recognize the economic advantages and disadvantages arising from the relationship between spouses: see Bracklow v. Bracklow, 1999 CanLII 715 (SCC), 1999 CarswellBC 532 (S.C.C.).
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