Is a spouse's age relevant to the duration of support?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Lefebre v. Lefebre, 2020 ONSC 311 (CanLII):
[391] In Cassidy v. McNeil, 2010 ONCA 218, 99 O.R. (3d) 81 the court noted at para. 70 that: SSAG presumptions regarding duration and age simply reflect case law awarding indefinite support in long-term marriages where dependency on lifestyle is established and recognize that a spouse's age at separation is relevant to the person's ability to become self-supporting.
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