Spousal misconduct and support payments

By: Law is Cool · September 23, 2009 · Filed Under Family Law · 3 Comments 

Doctor must support abusive husband

Here is another example of role reversal in families, and how the law reacts to it.

Kirk Makin writes for the Globe and Mail:

A Cambridge, Ont., doctor has been ordered to pay temporary spousal support of $6,000 a month to her ex-husband despite the fact that he assaulted her in 2007 and was ordered out of Canada.

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3 Responses to “Spousal misconduct and support payments”

  1. Anita on September 24th, 2009 10:23 am

    The injustice and absurdity of current spousal support laws are revealed in this finacial reward for domestic violence. In any other area of law -the criminal is punished not the victim.

  2. anju on November 26th, 2009 3:01 pm

    the criminal should be punished and not the victim. The law is playing a reverse role

  3. julie on February 4th, 2010 11:03 am

    Please sign and pass this on to end indefinite spousal support.

    http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/end-indefinite-spousal-support.html

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