Support obligations of spouse, father and persons who have lived together
112(1)Every spouse has an obligation to provide support for himself or herself and for the other spouse, in accordance with need, to the extent that he or she is capable of doing so.
112(2)Every father of a child has an obligation, to the extent he is capable of doing so, to provide support, in accordance with need, to the mother of his child, where she is not his spouse, in relation to the birth of the child.
112(3)Two persons, not being married to each other, who have lived together
(a)
continuously for a period of not less than three years in a family relationship in which one person has been substantially dependent upon the other for support, or
(b)
in a family relationship of some permanence where there is a child born of whom they are the natural parents,
and have lived together in that relationship within the preceding year, have the same obligation as that set out in subsection (1).