Classical Spousal Support Cases

1. Miglin v. Miglin, 2003 SCC 24 [spousal support in the face of a spousal support release]

2. Fisher v. Fisher, 2008 ONCA 11 [the Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines]

3. Bracklow v. Bracklow, [1999] 1 S.C.R. 420 [entitlement to spousal support]

4. Boston v. Boston, 2001 SCC 43 [pensions and “double dipping”]

5. Moge v. Moge, [1992] 3 S.C.R. 813 [entitlement to spousal support, objectives of spousal support, self-sufficiency]

6. Davis v. Crawford, 2011 ONCA 294 [broadens the circumstances in which lump sum spousal support payments

can be awarded]

7. Mason v. Mason,2016 ONCA 725 [imputing corporate income for support calculation][substantial deference unless material error, a serious misapprehension of the evidence, or an error in law]

8. Halliwell v. Halliwell, 2016 ONSC 182, aff’d 2017 ONCA 349 [high income and SSAGs]

9. Whalen-Byrne v. Byrne, 2017 ONCA 729 [interrupted cohabitation for SSAG purposes]

10. Hickey v. Hickey, 1999 CanLII 691 (SCC), [1999] 2 SCR 518 [substantial deference to judge]