December 20, 2022 – Compensatory Support

“Compensatory support is intended to compensate a spouse upon the breakdown of the marriage for contributions made to the marriage, such as sacrifices made for a spouse’s career and loss of economic opportunity sustained as a result of raising children.  This is primarily applicable where a property division is unable to achieve this result.  Where a spouse has the capacity to be self-sufficient but the spouse’s ability to enjoy the same standard of living as during the marriage has been negatively impacted as a result of the marriage breakdown, compensatory support helps to ensure that the economic impact of this breakdown is equitably shared.  Non-compensatory support arises where there is an economic dependency that may be due to a variety of factors such age, illness or disability.  These factors need not necessarily be connected to the marriage.”

Peerenboom v. Peerenboom, 2018 ONSC 7562 (CanLII) at 77