Marasse Estate (Re), 2017 ABQB 706

JudgeMah
CourtCourt of Queen''s Bench of Alberta (Canada)
Case DateFriday November 17, 2017
JurisdictionAlberta
Citations2017 ABQB 706

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  • Spousal Support on or After Divorce
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Canadian Family Law - Ninth edition
    • July 25, 2022
    ...support after mother’s death). As to a contractual undertaking to provide spousal support for a finite period, see Re Marasse Estate, 2017 ABQB 706. 251 252 Canadian family E. RELEVANT FACTORS Section 15.2(4) of the Divorce Act defines the “factors” that a court must consider in determining......
  • Spousal Support on or after Divorce
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Archive Canadian Family Law. Eighth Edition
    • August 3, 2020
    ...support after mother’s death). As to a contractual undertaking to provide spousal support for a finite period, see Re Marasse Estate, 2017 ABQB 706. 166 Kibsey v Kibsey, 2019 MBQB 61; Racco v Racco, 2014 ONCA 330. 167 Kibsey v Kibsey, 2019 MBQB 61; Beattie v Beattie, 2013 SKQB 127 at para 4......
  • Chapter 8: Spousal Support on or After Divorce
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Canadian Family Law (Tenth Edition)
    • April 14, 2025
    ...support after mother’s death). As to a contractual undertaking to provide spousal support for a finite period, see Re Marasse Estate, 2017 ABQB 706. Canadian Family Law 10e.indb 11/18/2024 10:53:33 AM 208 Canadian Family Law court to have regard to any facts that the trial judge considers r......
  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Canadian Family Law (Tenth Edition)
    • April 14, 2025
    ...2019 ONSC 4984 605 Re Hassan and Hassan (1976), 12 OR (2d) 432 (HCJ) 14 Re K, (1994), 17 Fam LR 537 (Aust Fam Ct) 569 Re Marasse Estate, 2017 ABQB 706 207 11/18/2024 10:54:47 AM Canadian Family Law Re Muslake and Muslake (1987), 58 OR (2d) 615 (UFC) 206 Re Plummer, [1941] 3 WWR 788 (Alta CA......
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  • The Estate of Denise Joanne Pynenburg et al. v. Donald Rocan Salkeld
    • Canada
    • Court of Queen's Bench of Manitoba (Canada)
    • October 26, 2020
    ...favour at a traditional trial is set out in a substantially similar fact situation arising in Alberta.  In Marasse Estate (Re), 2017 ABQB 706 (CanLII), the court found that limited-term spousal support constituted an enforceable debt that the estate of the deceased recipient could coll......
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  • The Devil Is In The Drafting: Is An Estate Entitled To Spousal Support Payments?
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • December 1, 2017
    ...recent Alberta Court of Queen's Bench decision in Marasse Estate (Re), 2017 ABQB 706 is yet another reminder that drafting legal documents must be done carefully and with a view to their long-term effect. The main issue in this case was whether the surviving ex-spouse was obligated to conti......
4 books & journal articles
  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Canadian Family Law (Tenth Edition)
    • April 14, 2025
    ...2019 ONSC 4984 605 Re Hassan and Hassan (1976), 12 OR (2d) 432 (HCJ) 14 Re K, (1994), 17 Fam LR 537 (Aust Fam Ct) 569 Re Marasse Estate, 2017 ABQB 706 207 11/18/2024 10:54:47 AM Canadian Family Law Re Muslake and Muslake (1987), 58 OR (2d) 615 (UFC) 206 Re Plummer, [1941] 3 WWR 788 (Alta CA......
  • Spousal Support on or After Divorce
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Canadian Family Law - Ninth edition
    • July 25, 2022
    ...support after mother’s death). As to a contractual undertaking to provide spousal support for a finite period, see Re Marasse Estate, 2017 ABQB 706. 251 252 Canadian family E. RELEVANT FACTORS Section 15.2(4) of the Divorce Act defines the “factors” that a court must consider in determining......
  • Spousal Support on or after Divorce
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Archive Canadian Family Law. Eighth Edition
    • August 3, 2020
    ...support after mother’s death). As to a contractual undertaking to provide spousal support for a finite period, see Re Marasse Estate, 2017 ABQB 706. 166 Kibsey v Kibsey, 2019 MBQB 61; Racco v Racco, 2014 ONCA 330. 167 Kibsey v Kibsey, 2019 MBQB 61; Beattie v Beattie, 2013 SKQB 127 at para 4......
  • Chapter 8: Spousal Support on or After Divorce
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Canadian Family Law (Tenth Edition)
    • April 14, 2025
    ...support after mother’s death). As to a contractual undertaking to provide spousal support for a finite period, see Re Marasse Estate, 2017 ABQB 706. Canadian Family Law 10e.indb 11/18/2024 10:53:33 AM 208 Canadian Family Law court to have regard to any facts that the trial judge considers r......