Question juridique clé
Whether, when assessing entitlement to legal aid, only half of the spousal basic amount may be counted for a person living in concubinage.
Solution extraite
Yes. Applying only half of the spousal basic amount to a person in a stable concubinage household is not objectionable.
Motifs extraits
The court relied on newer federal case law equating the living costs of two adults in a lasting household with those of a married couple for the basic subsistence amount, while noting that the absence of a legal support duty between concubins is sufficiently reflected by allowing no less than half of the spousal basic amount.