Does the court have to consider the fact one of the parties is on social assistance in awarding maintenance or dividing the family assets?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Dulay v. Dulay, 1995 CanLII 2191 (BC SC):

8 It is clear from the decision in Tsonis v. Tsonis, at 359, that the courts have refused to consider the fact one of the parties is on social assistance in awarding maintenance or dividing family assets.

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