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Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University

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The Year In Spousal Support: Appeals, Material Changes And More, Rollie Thompson Jan 2018

The Year In Spousal Support: Appeals, Material Changes And More, Rollie Thompson

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At last year’s Family Law Summit, after reviewing the 2016 appeal cases, I focussed my presentation on two SSAG issues: location in the ranges for amount and duration; and the SSAG exceptions. 2016 was a big year for SSAG cases in the Ontario Court of Appeal, notably the decision in Mason v. Mason, 2016 ONCA 725. Mason joins the three other “must-read” SSAG appeal decisions: Fisher v. Fisher, 2008 ONCA 11; Cassidy v. MacNeil, 2010 ONCA 218; and Gray v. Gray, 2014 ONCA 659.

2016 was also the year of the release of the Revised User’s Guide, an updated user’s …