Who is responsible for paying expenses after separation?

Needless to say, separation is a stressful time where you and your former partner are both adjusting to a 'new normal'. Navigating the 'new normal' can be challenging, particularly when it comes to making arrangements for the payment of expenses. One question we often hear is "who is responsible for paying expenses now?".

Each family is different and therefore, each family's individual circumstances will need to be taken into account. Often the lower income earning party will expect that their expenses are paid by the higher income earning party, but this is not always possible. The reality is that parties now have two households to maintain with the same amount of income that previously sustained one household.