Difference between revisions of "Changing Family Law Orders, Awards and Agreements Involving Spousal Support"

In most cases, if retirement is an issue, the parties will be best off seeking to mediate a solution, or applying to court before they have made any irrevocable changes in their employment.

Similarly, there is a common assumption that support ends when the receiving spouse remarries or is living with a new common-law “spouse”.  Certainly, this is often the case – but not always.  Remarriage or re-partnering is often a material change in circumstances, but that is not the end of the analysis.  Especially where, in granting the original order, the court found significant compensatory grounds for entitlement, the support obligation may be reduced, but not cancelled.