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==== c) Spousal Support ==== | ==== c) Spousal Support ==== | ||
The law relating to contracting out of spousal support is complex. Clients should seek professional legal advice before entering into an agreement for spousal support. Under the ''FLA'', spousal support agreements that are filed with a Court registry will be treated as if an order of the Court (''FLA'', s 163), but can be set aside for lack of procedural fairness, such as failure to disclose, where one party has taken advantage of the other, or where one spouse did not appreciate the consequences of the agreement; they can also be set aside if the Court finds that the agreement is significantly unfair (see s 164 of the ''FLA'').See [[Spousal and Child Support (3: | The law relating to contracting out of spousal support is complex. Clients should seek professional legal advice before entering into an agreement for spousal support. Under the ''FLA'', spousal support agreements that are filed with a Court registry will be treated as if an order of the Court (''FLA'', s 163), but can be set aside for lack of procedural fairness, such as failure to disclose, where one party has taken advantage of the other, or where one spouse did not appreciate the consequences of the agreement; they can also be set aside if the Court finds that the agreement is significantly unfair (see s 164 of the ''FLA'').See [[Spousal and Child Support (3:X) | Section X: Spousal and Child Support]]. | ||
==== d) Void Conditions ==== | ==== d) Void Conditions ==== | ||
