And if something falls through the cracks — and things are always falling through the cracks when you're co-parenting — it creates stress, disappointment and
frustration between former spouses, and maybe even some passive - aggressive behaviors.
We have written before about the role of the Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines (SSAG), which are designed to provide guidance and inject some certainty into the court's task of setting spousal support
levels between former spouses in certain prescribed scenarios.
However, even with the above three factors, a co-parenting arrangement can not
succeed between former spouses unless they are committed to being civil and responsible.
[15] Newbury J.A., speaking for the majority, acknowledged that a commercial contract brought different considerations to bear than one
between former spouses or common law partners.
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HB35, which was unanimously approved by the House Judiciary Committee, is intended to give judges another option in determining parent time and conceivably reduce conflict
between former spouses.