Kiel Estate, Re, (1979) 24 A.R. 469 (QB)

• Judge: McClung, J.
• Court: Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
• Case Date: October 03, 1979
• Citations: (1979), 24 A.R. 469 (QB)

Kiel Estate, Re (1979), 24 A.R. 469 (QB)

MLB headnote and full text

Re Kiel's Estate

(113311)

Indexed As: Kiel Estate, Re

Alberta Court of Queen's Bench

Judicial District of Edmonton

McClung, J.

October 3, 1979.

Summary:

This headnote contains no summary.

Family Law - Topic 6704

Dependents' relief legislation - Awards - Periodic payments, widow - The testator's widow, who was 73 years old and in ill health, brought an application for relief from the provisions of her husband's will, by which she would have received $20,000.00 and title to a house worth $75,000.00 - The estate was valued at $520,407.54 - Unpaid interim maintenance, payable by the husband, totalled $13,000.00, although the widow had only a marginal income and was partly on welfare - The Alberta Court of Queen's Bench ordered the sum of $10,000.00 per annum to be paid by the estate for the support of the widow, together with the municipal tax levy and insurance upon her home - See paragraph 6.

Statutes Noticed:

Family Relief Act, R.S.A. 1970, c. 134.

Counsel:

H.C. Gaffney, for the applicant;

B. Karrel, for the respondents.

This matter was heard before McCLUNG, J., of the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench, Judicial District of Edmonton. The decision of McCLUNG, J., was delivered on October 3, 1979.