Appendix 3: an overview of proposed spousal support advisory guidelines

• Author: Julien D. Payne/Marilyn A. Payne
• Pages: 575-587

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AN OVERVIEW OF PROPOSED

SPOUSAL SUPPORT

ADVISORY GUIDELINES

A. GENERAL INTRODUCTION

On  January  , the Department of Ju stice, Canada relea sed a re-

port entitled Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines: A Draft Proposal on

its website:

English: w ww.justice.gc.ca/en/dept/pub/spousal/project/index .html

French: www.just ice.gc.ca/fr/dept/pub/spousal/project /index.html

is report wa s written by Profes sor Carol Rogerson of the Facu lty

of Law at the Universit y of Toronto and by Professor D. Rollie omp-

son of the Facult y of Law at Dalhou sie University. ey were retaine d

by the Depar tment of Justice in  to prepare practica l spousal sup-

port guideli nes that could assist mediators, lawyers, a nd the courts in

resolving s pousal support disputes arising on divorce. I n preparing the

report, Profess ors Rogerson and ompson engaged in a consultative

process with a n advisory work ing group of thi rteen members composed

of judges, lawyers , and mediators. A s directors of the project, Professors

Rogerson and ompson engaged in consensus-building but exercised

the f‌inal de cision-makin g authority when opin ions were divided. ei r

report consist s of eleven chapters, subdivided i nto headings and subhead-

ingsthatarelistedinaTableofContents.efollowingsummaryofthe

contentsofthereportcanonlyhighlightitsfundamentalaspects.

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