D. Terms, Conditions, and Restrictions

• Author: Julien D. Payne - Marilyn A. Payne
• Pages: 237-238

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Pursuant to section 15.2(3) of the Divorce Act, a court may order spousal support for a definite or indefinite period or until a specified event occurs, and the court may impose terms, conditions, and restrictions on its order.¹⁴⁴

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In appropriate circumstances, periodic spousal support may be ordered for the lifetime of the payee and made binding on the obligor’s estate.¹⁴⁵In

the absence of any specific direction that the order shall survive the death of the payor, a spousal order terminates on the death of either spouse.¹⁴⁶

[144] See, generally, Re Muslake and Muslake (1987), 58 OR (2d) 615 (UFC); see also Torres v Marin, [2007] YJ No 94 (SC) (obligor to pay periodic spousal support while earning employment income); Lockyer v Lockyer, [2000] OJ No 2939 (Sup Ct) (order for periodic spousal support declared subject to conditions whereby amount payable would be unaffected by either spouse earning an annual income below a specified amount). As to child support orders, see Divorce Act, RSC 1985 (2d Supp), c 3, s 15.1(4), as amended by SC 1997, c 1.

[145] See Waters v Conrod, 2007 BCCA 1024. See also Section C(5), above in this chapter; Katz v Katz (1983), 33 RFL (2d) 412 (Man CA), additional reasons (1983), 25 Man R (2d) 57 (CA); Milton v Milton, 2008 NBCA 87; Celeste v Celeste, 2013 NBQB 41; Connelly v Connelly (1974), 16 RFL 171 (NSCA); Linton v Linton (1990), 30 RFL (3d) 1 (Ont CA); Katz v Katz, 2014 ONCA 606 (child support); Droit de la famille - 707, [1989] RDF 614 (Que CA); compare Hillhouse v Hillhouse (1992), 43 RFL (3d) 266 (BCCA); Donald v Donald (1991), 33 RFL (3d) 196 at 217 (NSCA); and see contra: Carmichael v Carmichael (1992), 43 RFL (3d) 145 (NSCA); see also Lippolt v Lippolt Estate, 2015 ABQB 118; Ross v Ross (1994), 7 RFL (4th) 146 (BCCA); Sinclair v McAuley, 2012 MBCA 86; Pick v Pick (1987), 11 RFL (3d) 14 (Sask QB), var’d (1990), 25 RFL (3d) 331 (Sask CA).

[146] Despot v Despot Estate (1992), 42 RFL (3d) 218 (BCSC); Terry v Terry Estate (1994), 1 BCLR (3d) 299 (SC) (specific direction found in this case); Finnie v Rae (1977), 16 OR (2d) 54 (HCJ); Katz v Katz, 2014 ONCA 606; compare Family Law Act, SBC 2011, c 25, sections 170-171; Joffres v Joffres, 2014 BCSC 1778; Family Law Act, RSO 1990, c F.3, s...