Sentences with phrase «suffered financial disadvantage»

In a recent case called Regnier v. Regnier, the court considered a narrow issue: whether a wife's decision during the marriage to go back to school automatically meant that the husband suffered financial disadvantage, for which he should be compensated by way of spousal support....

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The employment gaps also accentuate gender differences which already exist in legal employment, which helps illustrate how historically disadvantaged groups are almost always the first to suffer when the economy or a sector is placed under financial strain.

If the other party has derived and retained a benefit, or the applicant has suffered or would in the future suffer «an economic disadvantage», the court would be empowered to award a financial settlement.

In some cases one spouse may have suffered a financial loss or disadvantage as result of joint career and lifestyle decisions made during the marriage or relationship (for example the decision to move the family so that a spouse can take a new job, or that the mother will give up her career to stay home and raise the children).

However, the Court may order spousal support where one spouse has suffered a disadvantage either as a result of the relationship or its breakdown, the financial consequences of the care of any child (ren) and the possibility of the spouse becoming self - sufficient.