Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines - Department of Justice

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Many family lawyers also use the guideline when helping clients to make decisions and set up spousal support agreements out of court. Tools have ... Skiptomaincontent Skipto"Aboutgovernment" SwitchtobasicHTMLversion SpousalSupportAdvisoryGuidelines WithfundingfromtheDepartmentofJustice,twofamilylawprofessorsdevelopedguidelinesinanefforttomakespousalsupportmorepredictableandconsistent.TheSpousalSupportAdvisoryGuidelinessuggestappropriaterangesofsupportinavarietyofsituationsforspousesentitledtosupport.Theguidelinesdonotprovideadviceonwhetheraspouseisentitledtosupport.Ineachcase,entitlementtosupportdependsonhowthelawappliestotheirsituation. TheSpousalSupportAdvisoryGuidelinesarenotlaw.However,judgesoftenbasetheirdecisionsaboutspousalsupportontheguidelines.Manyfamilylawyersalsousetheguidelinewhenhelpingclientstomakedecisionsandsetupspousalsupportagreementsoutofcourt. Toolshavebeendevelopedtohelpprofessionalsusetheguidelines.Theyarelistedbelow. Keypoints Ifyouwanttousetheguidelinesyourselftoestimatepossiblespousalsupportamounts,beawareofkeypoints. Entitlement Youfirstneedtoknowifeitheryouoryourspouseisentitledtosupportunderthelawthatappliesinyoursituation.Itmaybeawasteofyourtimeandenergytocalculateaspousalsupportamountifthereisnolegalrequirementtopayit.Yourlawyercanadviseyouonthis. Software Youmayneedsoftwaredesignedtocalculatespousalsupport.Thissoftwarewillmakeiteasiertomakesomeofthemoredifficultcalculations.Forexample,youwilllikelyneedtocalculatesometaxconsiderations.Somecompaniesintheprivatesectorsellsoftwareforthispurpose,andmanyfamilylawyersuseit.Therearealsoonlinecalculatorsthatmayhelpwithsimplecalculations,butnotwiththehardercalculations.TheDepartmentofJusticewasnotinvolvedinthedevelopmentofthissoftware.Wecannotgiveadviceorrecommendationsonanysoftwareyoumaywishtopurchase. Provincialandterritoriallaws TheSpousalSupportAdvisoryGuidelinesweredesignedtobeusedunderthefederalDivorceActwhenmarriedcouplesdivorce.Federal,provincialandterritorialfamilylawssometimesoverlap,socourtsandlawyersalsooftenusetheguidelinestocalculatesupportamountsunderprovincialandterritoriallegislation.However,someprovincialandterritoriallawshaveuniquefeaturesthattheseguidelinesdonotdealwith. Toolsforusingtheguidelines Thefollowingtoolsaredesignedtohelplegalprofessionalscalculatepossiblespousalsupportamounts. ObtainingReliableandRepeatableSSAGCalculations John-PaulBoyd StepsToUsingTheSpousalSupportAdvisoryGuidelines: LonnyL.Balbi WithChildSupportFormula WithoutChildSupportFormula SpousalSupportAdvisoryGuidelines:TheRevisedUser'sGuide ProfessorCarolRogerson,FacultyofLaw,UniversityofTorontoand ProfessorRollieThompson,DalhousieLawSchool Reportaproblemonthispage Pleaseselectallthatapply: Somethingisbroken Thepagehasspellingorgrammarmistakes Theinformationiswrong Theinformationisoutdated Ican'tfindwhatI'mlookingfor Other Thankyouforyourhelp! Youwillnotreceiveareply.Forenquiries,pleasecontactus. Datemodified: 2022-03-07

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