The applicant mother sought spousal support from the respondent father, retroactive to January 2009.
The parties were married in 1985 and separated in May 2008.
The father had custody of two of their four children and was paying down substantial matrimonial debt through a Consumer Proposal.
The mother had a sporadic employment history and was receiving social assistance.
The court found that while the mother satisfied the threshold for entitlement to spousal support on both compensatory and need-based grounds, the father's ongoing child support obligations and lack of ability to pay rendered him unable to provide spousal support.
The mother's claim was dismissed entirely, including the retroactive claim, due to her blameworthy delays in complying with disclosure orders.
