What if a partner is on income assistance?
Separated partners on income assistance must try to get any spousal support they might be entitled to. If they do not make reasonable efforts, they may get less assistance or none at all.
They may not have to try to get support if the other partner:
- has a history of violence toward them or their child,
- cannot be found (but they must give their worker any information they have that might help find the other partner), or
- is not working and cannot afford to pay support.
Each month, they have to report how much spousal support they received. The amount will be deducted from their income assistance.
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