What is the threshold issue for making a spousal support award?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from T.N.S. v. T.L.G., 2016 BCSC 2312 (CanLII):
Entitlement is the threshold issue to consider before making a spousal support award. There are three bases for entitlement to spousal support: compensatory, non-compensatory, and contractual: Bracklow v. Bracklow, 1999 CanLII 715 (SCC), [1999] 1 S.C.R. 420 at para. 15. Contractual support is not at issue here.
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