Is an obligation to become self-sufficient an obligation?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Judd v. Judd, 2010 BCSC 153 (CanLII):
The obligation to become self-supporting is an obligation to make reasonable efforts to become self-sufficient: Rogers v. Rogers, 1999 BCCA 238, 173 D.L.R. (4th) 449 at para. 46. It is not “a duty”: Leskun v. Leskun, 2006 SCC 25, [2006] 1 S.C.R. 920 at paras. 26-27.
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