Law360 Canada ( June 28, 2021, 9:56 AM EDT) -- Appeal and cross-appeal by common law spouses from trial judgment respecting support and property division. The parties started to cohabit in 1996 in a house owned by the wife. The husband had his own commercial diving business, SFDL. He also held 50 per cent of the shares in SFPI and SFTI, and 40 per cent in SFHI. SFPI and SFTI was the source of dividend income to him in 2013, 2015 and 2016. At the time of separation, the wife’s sole source of income was her $52,000 annual salary from SFDL. The husband contributed to capital improvements made and operating costs associated with the home. In 2006, the husband purchased a home that was placed in both parties’ names. The parties resided in this home from 2006 to separation in 2014. The husband paid 100 per cent of the costs associated with this property. The trial judge found the wife entitled to partner support on a non-compensatory basis and awarded her $8,285 per month for 17 years. He found she established a common law claim to the jointly owned house and contents and awarded her $170,222. He denied the husband’s claim to the wife’s property and required that he transfer two of the vehicles to her and pay her an additional $15,000. ...