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Unlike an obligation to support a child, there is no guaranteed obligation that one spouse must support the other other. However, if you were in a relationship that qualifies as a spousal relationship, you must face the possibility that you might have to pay support when your relationship ends.
The ''Family Law Act'' defines as spouse as including:
If you really want to get out of paying spousal support, the time to start planning is at the beginning of your relationship:
*Make sure that your spouse or partner never sacrifices a job opportunity to care for the family, such as passing up a promotion, going to part-time work or leaving work altogether.
Spousal support may be payable whenever one spouse leaves a relationship at a financial disadvantage compared to the other spouse. As long as there is a difference in the parties' financial situations, there is a possibility that support <span class="noglossary">will </span> be paid.
There's a lot more information about the sorts of things the court <span class="noglossary">will </span> take into <span class="noglossary">account </span> in assessing a duty to pay support in the chapter on [[Spousal Support chapter of this wiki]]. {{REVIEWED | reviewer = [[JP Boyd]], March 24, 2013}}
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