What is the test for a spousal support award based on compensatory support?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from P.T. v. M.T., 2016 BCSC 316 (CanLII):

A spousal support award based on compensatory support recognizes that a spouse can suffer economic loss or disadvantage arising from the nature of the marriage relationship or its breakdown: Moge v. Moge, 1992 CanLII 25 (SCC), [1992] 3 S.C.R. 813 [Moge]. A spouse may have sacrificed their career or made other efforts during the marriage that conferred an economic advantage on the other spouse that persists after the breakdown of the marriage.

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