What is the entitlement of a spouse to a long-term disability?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from T.L.B.L. v. T.E.M., 2021 ONSC 8235 (CanLII):
Relevant to the circumstances in this case are the following principles regarding entitlement: (a) to relieve economic hardship that results from cohabitation or its breakdown. See: Moge v. Moge, 1992 CanLII 25 (SCC), [1992] 3 S.C.R. 813 (S.C.C.); (b) entitlement may be based on a compensatory or non-compensatory basis. See: Bracklow v. Bracklow, 1999 CanLII 715 (SCC), [1999] 1 S.C.R. 420 (S.C.C.)
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