Is there any case law that supports the argument that there is a “symbiotic relationship” between amount and duration under the SSAG?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Spadacini-Kelava v. Kelava, 2020 ONSC 7907 (CanLII):
In Fisher v. Fisher, Lang J.A. wrote of the “symbiotic relationship between amount and duration” under the SSAG, at para. 109. She quotes from the comment at para. 7.5.1 of the SSAG that they “are interrelated parts of the formula -- they are a package deal.” In other words an increase in one may necessarily require a decrease in the other. Or a decrease in one may require an increase in the other.
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