In a long-term marriage involving sharing of resources between spouses, what is the concept of "need" in the context of sharing resources?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from T.C. v L.A, 2020 BCSC 1313 (CanLII):
In the context of a long-term marriage involving a sharing of resources, the concept of “need” should take into account the relative standards of living of the spouses following the marriage breakdown: Yemchuk v. Yemchuk, 2005 BCCA 406 at paras. 41, 48–49.
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