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Spousal Support Entitlement and the SSAG

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Credits
Substantive: 1.0
1 hour
Published
2026
Presenter(s)
Rollie Thompson K.C.
Source
County of Carleton Law Association (CCLA)
Provider
CPDOnline.ca
Language
English
Length
1 hour
Price
$279.00 plus tax
35th Annual CCLA Institute of Family Law Conference
Includes Handouts

This presentation explores the evolving law of spousal support entitlement in family law, focusing on the key principles that guide when support may be available, how compensatory and non-compensatory claims are assessed, and how the Divorce Act and the Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines shape the analysis of amount, duration, and ongoing entitlement issues. It highlights current case law and practical fact patterns to show how courts examine income disparity, economic disadvantage, interdependence, post-separation changes, and self-sufficiency, offering a useful and accessible review of the legal framework and the practical considerations that continue to influence spousal support outcomes.

Presenters

Professor Rollie Thompson K.C. Professor Emeritus

Professor, Dalhousie Law School (now Schulich School of Law), since 1982 (full professor since 1992). Executive Director, Dalhousie Legal Aid Service, 1982-85 and 1991-94. Recipient of Dalhousie Law Alumni Association and Dalhousie Law Students Society Award for Teaching Excellence 2001-02 and of the Vincent J. Pottier Award for Exceptional and Outstanding Contribution to Dalhousie Legal Aid Service (awarded in 2005). Appointed Queen’s Counsel in 2011. Recipient of Award for Teaching Excellence in the Osgoode Professional Ll.M. 2016. Editor of the Canadian Family Law Quarterly. Co-director (with Prof. Carol Rogerson), Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines Project, Department of Justice Canada 2001-2008. On sabbatical 2006-07 at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Law, taught Evidence. Also teaches Child and Spousal Support courses at Osgoode Hall Law School, Osgoode Professional Development, Family Law Ll.M. (2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015). Associate at Kitz, Matheson, Green & MacIsaac, Halifax, 1980-82. Member of N.S. Bar since 1980. Clerk to Justice Brian Dickson, Supreme Court of Canada, 1978-79. Ll.B. (Dalhousie, 1978); B.A. (Hons. Economics & Political Science) (McGill, 1971). Teaching subjects: Family Law, Evidence, Civil Procedure, Supreme Court (Family Division) Placement, Clinical Law

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