The respondent father brought a motion for interim spousal support following the breakdown of a 30-year marriage.
The father had been out of the workforce since 2011 and was entirely financially dependent on the applicant mother.
The mother opposed the motion and brought a cross-motion to impute income to the father for child support.
The court found the father established entitlement to spousal support on both compensatory and non-compensatory grounds.
The court declined to impute income to the father at the interim stage, noting his lack of employment history over the past decade.
The mother was ordered to pay interim spousal support of $2,800 per month, and her cross-motion for child support was dismissed.