What is the "needs" of the parties in a long-term relationship?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Botcharova v. Kamstra, 2018 ONSC 7204 (CanLII):
The “needs” of the parties refers to their post-separation standards of living. L’Heureux-Dubé J. stated in Moge v. Moge, [1992] S.C.R. 813, at para.84, “As marriage should be regarded as a joint endeavour, the longer the relationship endures, the closer the economic union, the greater will be the presumptive claim to equal standards of living upon its dissolution”.
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