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Spousal Support: SSAG Exceptions and Oddities

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30 minutes
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30 minutes
Published
2025
Presenter(s)
Rollie Thompson
Source
County of Carleton Law Association (CCLA)
Provider
CPDOnline.ca
Language
English
Length
1 hour
Price
$279.00 plus tax
CCLA 34th Annual Institute of Family Law Conference
Includes Handouts

Professor Thompson is a highly acclaimed and respected professor who has presented to family lawyers and the judiciary on various family law topics. He provides an update on practical and legal information dealing with spousal support and demonstrates how to use the Guidelines in exception contexts. This presentation highlights the Guidelines’ formulaic frameworks for determining support amounts and durations in with‑child and without‑child cases, underscores the strategic value of chapter 12 exceptions for interim financial relief, illness and disability, compensatory claims in short marriages, hardship and caregiving for special‑needs children, and explores recent appellate rulings that affirm indefinite indexed support when default ranges fall short of real needs. Practical takeaways include selecting the appropriate formula, structuring targeted evidence, and applying restructuring and deduction tools to craft bespoke support arrangements that align legal standards with each client’s circumstances.

Presenters

Professor Rollie Thompson

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. 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 University of Toronto, Faculty of Law, taught Evidence. Also teaches Child and Spousal Support course 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.