X. Effect of Death

AuthorJulien D. Payne - Marilyn A. Payne
Pages477-477

Page 477

Child support arrears constitute an outstanding debt that is enforceable by the estate of the recipient spouse.183The death of the child in respect of whom support should have been paid does not extinguish child support arrears.184

[183] Poyntz Estate v. Poyntz, [1998] O.J. No. 1024 (Gen. Div.).

[184] Burbank v. Garbutt, 2012 BCSC 190.

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