What is known as "Double dipping" in the context of spousal support?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Murphy v. Murphy, 2015 BCSC 408 (CanLII):
In Peters v. MacLean, “Double dipping” was described as follows at para. 34: … where the payee spouse would receive a double benefit from assets that have already been divided between the parties. Double-dipping in the most classic sense occurs where, as in Boston, the payee spouse has received her interest in the payor’s pension and the payor is required to continue to pay spousal support based on the income he receives from the pension when he retires. In Boston at paras. 63-64, Major J. stated:
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