🚀 go-pugleaf

On Tue, 16 Jun 1998 00:46:55 -0700, Eliezer Dvir
<eliezer_dvir@bc.sympatico.ca> wrote:

>Do people bother with such matters on this NG?  How is it possible to 
>ignore the fact that 70% of the disabled have far less access to anything 
>approaching 'proper' or 'adequate' housing, medical treatment (due simply 
>to a lack of training in their various medical schools; average 
>'education' in patients with chronic pain:  1 1/2 hrs - 4 hrs [max.]; at 
>some schools zero).  We are forced to 'exist' on the most basic (almost 
>half the national "Poverty Level" figures).

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I know nothing of your disability, but as to "existing" on half the
National "Poverty Level" figures, this may help you, and any other
Canadians with disabilities who are in the same boat.

According to a ruling by a Judge of the B.C. Supreme Court, if you were
EVER married and subsequently find yourself alone as a result of
marriage breakdown, which I understand is quite common in the category
of disabled persons, your ex-spouse is obligated to support you. This is
regardless of when you find yourself disabled, ie it may only become a
factor many years after the divorce, OR regardless of what the
disability is. It may be totally unrelated to the marriage, ie maybe as
the result of a car accident, but this is no longer relevant.

In Canada, your ex-spouse is now required to support you, "for life".

Good Luck, and I certainly hope this helps.

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