Carignan v. Carignan, (1989) 61 Man.R.(2d) 66 (CA)

• Judge: O'Sullivan, Huband and Lyon, JJ.A.
• Court: Court of Appeal (Manitoba)
• Case Date: November 06, 1989
• Jurisdiction: Manitoba
• Citations: (1989), 61 Man.R.(2d) 66 (CA);1989 CanLII 180 (MB CA);64 DLR (4th) 119;[1990] 1 WWR 641;22 RFL (3d) 376;[1989] MJ No 557 (QL);61 Man R (2d) 66

Carignan v. Carignan (1989), 61 Man.R.(2d) 66 (CA)

MLB headnote and full text

Marguerite Marie Carignan (petitioner/appellant) v. Paul Bernard Carignan (respondent/respondent)

(Suit No. 10/89)

Indexed As: Carignan v. Carignan

Manitoba Court of Appeal

O'Sullivan, Huband and Lyon, JJ.A.

November 6, 1989.

Summary:

A divorced wife appealed the dismissal of her claim for child support from his stepfather, reported 55 Man.R.(2d) 118.

The Manitoba Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal.

Family Law - Topic 2203

Maintenance of wives and children - General principles - Persons obligated to support children - In loco parentis - The Manitoba Court of Appeal affirm ed the refusal to order child support from a stepfather who had terminated the relationship of "in loco parentis" - The court, however, did not approve the restriction that there must be acquiescence by the wife and/or the child in the termination - The court comprehensively reviewed conflicting case law considering the relationship of "in loco parentis" and held that the relationship applied when the burden of providing for a child had been voluntarily assumed and could be terminated unilaterally.

Family Law - Topic 4024

Divorce - Corollary relief - Maintenance awards - To stepchildren - [See Family Law - Topic 2203 above].

Cases Noticed:

Ex parte Pye (1811), 18 Ves. 140, refd to. [para. 3].

Powys v. Mansfield (1837), 3 My. & Cr. 359, refd to. [para. 4].

In re Ashton, [1897] 2 Ch. D. 574, refd to. [para. 6].

Bennet v. Bennet (1879), 10 Ch. D. 474, refd to. [para. 8].

Shtitz v. C.N.R., [1927] 1 W.W.R. 193, refd to. [para. 12].

State of Iowa v. Bacon (1958), 91 N.W. 2d 395, refd to. [para. 17].

D. v. D. (1959), 153 A. 2d 332, refd to. [para. 18].

Fuller v. Fuller (1968), 247 A. 2d 767, refd to. [para. 19].

D.L.G. v. M.G. (1978), 580 P. 2d 836, refd to. [para. 20].

Timmerman v. Timmerman et al., [1976] 4 W.W.R. 296, refd to. [para. 27].

Aksugyuk v. Aksugyuk, [1975] 3 W.W.R. 91, refd to. [para. 28].

Rathwell v. Rathwell (1981), 10 Sask.R. 407; 21 R.F.L.(2d) 301, refd to. [para. 31].

Hock v. Hock, [1971] 4 W.W.R. 262; 3 R.F.L. 353, not folld. [para. 32].

Miller v. Miller (1988), 13 R.F.L.(3d) 80, refd to. [para. 37].

Hock v. Hock (1970), 75 W.W.R. 87, refd to. [para. 39].

Leveridge v. Leveridge, [1974] 2 W.W.R. 652, refd to. [para. 40].

McConnell v. McConnell (1976), 30 R.F.L. 112, refd to. [para. 41].

Horvath v. Horvath (1978), 5 R.F.L.(2d) 43, refd to. [para. 44].

Tucker v. Tucker (1984), 43 R.F.L.(2d) 199, refd to. [para. 46].

McCarthy v. McCarthy (1984), 44 R.F.L.(2d) 92, refd to. [para. 47].

Pickup v. Pickup; Pickup v. Herrah (1985), 34 Man.R.(2d) 217; 47 R.F.L.(2d) 188, refd to. [para. 50].

Statutes Noticed:

Divorce Act, S.C. 1967-68, c. 24, sect. 2 [para. 23].

Divorce Act, R.S.C. 1970, c. D-8, sect. 11(1) [para. 31]; sect. 11(2) [para. 49].

Divorce Act, S.C. 1986, c. 4, sect. 2(1), sect. 2(2) [para. 25].

Authors and Works Noticed:

Corpus Juris Secundum, vol. 67A, s. 154, p. 551 [para. 15].

Underhill, The Law of Trusts and Trustees (13th Ed. 1979), art. 31, p. 267 [para. 7].

Counsel:

W.E. Doyle, for the appellant;

G.O. DeLucia, for the respondent.

This appeal was heard on June 21, 1989, before O'Sullivan, Huband and Lyon, JJ.A., of the Manitoba Court of Appeal.

On November 6, 1989, the judgment of the Court of Appeal was delivered and the following opinions filed:

Huband, J.A. (O'Sullivan, J.A., concurring) - see paragraphs 1 to 63;

Lyon, J.A. - see paragraph 64.