When Does Support End?
Video: When Does Support End?
By: Steven Benmor, B.Sc., LL.B., Family Lawyer
Jurisdiction: Ontario (Canada)
You’re asking if support can terminate. And the answer is support can terminate if that’s what the agreement that you negotiated says. … You have something in your hand either called a separation agreement or a court order. Otherwise there wouldn’t be support paid. There has to be something that created your right to collect this amount of money and it would likely say it’s for five years or ten years or twenty five years and it would likely say why and when it terminates. So in some cases these agreements say it terminates at a certain period in time, five, ten, twenty years laters. And in some cases it terminates when you remarry or when you start a full-time job earning a certain income level.
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(’First Take Live’ video clips courtesy of Dan Carter Productions. Original Broadcast: 2007) About the author: Steven Benmor practices Family Law in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Visit Steven Benmor’s online Family Law Resource Center for concise answers to many more frequently asked Family law questions, feature articles on Family law topics, dozens of links to other Family law websites, and more at www.benmor.com. The information on this page is for discussion purposes only. It is by no means legal advice or even a statement of the law on this subject. Please do not rely on the accuracy or completeness of this information. Any question or concern elicited by the information on this page should be taken to a lawyer who will consider the facts of each case and the legal remedies available. |
