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Originally Posted by troutman
Spousal support is tax deductible for the payor, and income for the payee.
Several years ago, the federal government tried to reform spousal support by asking two respected family law experts - Carol Rogerson and Rollie Thompson - to come up with a set of guidelines that incorporate factors such as the duration of marriage and the number of children.
Mr. Epstein, who was on an advisory committee that oversaw their creation, said the guidelines are gradually improving the system.
Only Alberta has failed to embrace them, he said. "I think the guidelines have caused a major stride toward uniformity. I think they are doing the job they were meant to do."
It is hard to say if $1500 is unreasonable without knowing all of the facts.
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Agreed, article seems strange.
However the main points in the article in the paper were as follows.
Ontario standard spousal support is 300-400 for this type of marriage without kids. And that there is a set time specified for those payments to end.
In the original judgement, 1500 was the amount said to be paid with no set time as to when they would stop.
The only thing that has changed with the new judgement, is the 1500 is to be paid for only 1 more year.
Now that I know he is a lawyer (and most lawyers are uber-rich (fishermen excluded of course
), 1500 doesnt seem overly expensive monthly repence given the other craziness we have seen. Although it does seem that the open endedness of the first judgement does seem insane.