What is the test for self-sufficiency post-separation?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Klingbeil v. Klingbeil, 2019 ONSC 5236 (CanLII):
The extent to which the court will consider the accustomed standard of living during the marriage in setting the benchmark for self-sufficiency post-separation will depend on the particulars of the marital relationship. L’Heureux-Dube, J. made this point in Moge v. Moge, where she stated that “the longer the relationship and worse, the closer the economic union, the greater will be the presumptive claim to equal standards of living upon its dissolution. (para. 84)
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