The parties separated after a 27-year marriage during which the applicant primarily raised their children and assisted in building the respondent's financial advising business.
The applicant, now disabled by fibromyalgia, sought spousal support and equalization of net family property.
The court ordered spousal support at the high end of the Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines, retroactive to the date of separation, finding the applicant's delay in seeking support was reasonably explained by her health and financial circumstances.
For equalization, the court accepted the applicant's expert valuation of the respondent's business, which included significant value for the goodwill in his book of business, and ordered an equalization payment of $278,316.85.
