Canada Quantum Digest - Spousal Support and Dependants' Relief

Canada Quantum Digest - Spousal Support and Dependants' Relief is the practitioner's "must-have" resource for quantum digest summaries in the key areas of spousal support and dependants' relief. Superior organization allows you to locate the key information you need for your case - quickly and efficiently.

This volume delivers the most comprehensive collection of quantum case law to the family law or estates law practitioner, featuring cross-Canada coverage of decisions from all English-language common-law provinces and territories.

The digests in each of the areas of law stem from important developments in their respective areas of law.

Designed with the practitioner in mind, Canada Quantum Digest - Spousal Support and Dependants' Relief incorporates the following features:

• Comprehensive and cohesive classification scheme - the digests are classified using an intuitive classification system tailored for accessing spousal support or dependants' relief decisions quickly and easily
• Quantum of award in consistent ranges - searchable income awards allow you to zero in on pertinent information for your case
• Information provided in citation line to aid searchability in print or online - all summaries indicate the year of the judgment, court jurisdiction, judge, counsel and who counsel represented and LexisNexis® Quicklaw® citations and parallels, including R.F.L. citations when available
• Table and indexes as aids to research - finding tools include a table of cases, an index to judges, an index to counsel, a list of dependants' relief statutes in English-language common law jurisdictions and territories, and tables under the following headings: no support awarded; interim orders; time-limited orders; reapportionment of property in lieu of support
• Current case law - contains the most recent case decisions, ordered under Supreme Court of Canada and provincial and territorial headings

Part I - Spousal Support Digests

• Includes cases dating from 2000, reflecting the importance of the SCC decision Bracklow v. Bracklow, [1999] S.C.J. No. 14
• Ordered according to the income of the payor spouse and then by periodic amount awarded, within consistent ranges
• Contains the following terms and information, where provided by the court: nature of the relationship; duration of the relationship; whether the parties have a dependent child or children; payor's annual income; payee's annual income; duration of award; whether the order is interim, final or time-limited; and when marital property was reapportioned in lieu of support

Part II - Dependants' Relief Digests

• Includes cases dating from 1994 - after the Supreme Court of Canada set out the modern law of dependants' relief in Tataryn v. Tataryn Estate, [1994] S.C.J. No. 65
• Summaries ordered according to claimant's relationship with the deceased; multiple summaries provided where there were multiple claimants
• Contains the following information, where provided by the court: relationship of claimant to the deceased; length of spousal relationship; relationship between parent and child; assets of the estate; claimant's income; and the nature of the order in terms of whether it was interim or final, lump sum or periodic