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Y R A R B LI § W FAMILY LAW A _ L N o KI S A L A R O _CO B Cases and Materials Volume II Carol Rogerson and Martha Shaffer Faculty of Law University of Toronto 1994-1995 Prepared with the assistance of Ranald Sinclair and Ella Schwartz These materials are distributed solely for classroom use by students in the Faculty of Law, University of Toronto C; RV\ wo RD\SHAFFER\ CASEBOOK\family.93 > V J* BORA lASKlii UW LIBRARY SEP 81994 FACiitir Of LAW UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO BORA LASKIN LAW LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO , FAMILY LAW Cases and Materials Volume II Carol Rogerson and Martha Shaffer Faculty of Law University of Toronto 1994-1995 Prepared with the assistance of Ranald Sinclair and Ella Schwartz These materials are distributed solely for classroom use by students in the Faculty of Law, University of Toronto CRV\WORD\SHAFFER\CASEBOOK\family.93 Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2018 with funding from University of Toronto https://archive.org/details/familylawcasesma02roge_4 FAMILY LAW Table of Contents Volume II Page No. V. MATRIMONIAL PROPERTY A. Historical Overview (a) Common Law OLRC, Report on Family Law, Part IV: Family Property .457 (b) Trust Doctrine LRCC, Family Property . 460 Note: Murdoch v. Murdoch. 462 Rathwell v. Rathwell. 463 Pettkus V. Becker . 473 Globe and Mail, "Woman’s Suicide Ends Fight for Rights" .485 Sorochan v. Sorochan. 486 Note: Recent Decisions on Unjust Enrichment and Constructive Trust. 493 ^ Peter v. Beblow . 495 (c) Statutory Reform Holland, "Reform of Matrimonial Property Law in Ontario". 516 Wolfson, The New Family Law Act. 518 B. The F.LA. (a) The Partnership Principle Knetsch, "Some Economic Implications of Matrimonial Property Rules". 524 Prager, "Shifting Perspectives on Marital Property Law". 533 Eekelaar, Family Law and Social Policy, "Adjustment on Divorce". 538 Fineman, "Implementing Equality". 542 Mossman, Book Review of Weitzman’s Divorce Revolution. 548 Note: Application of Matrimonial Property Law to Indian Women . 551 ll (b) Pre-Marital Contracts New York Times, "Prenuptial Stress over the Contract". 552 Wolfson, "The Use and Abuse of Marriage Contracts" from Money and Family Law. 555 (c) Overview of Equalization of Net Family Property Under the FLA (i) Calculation of the Equalization Payment Goodman, "Matrimonial Property", Family Law Bar Admission Course Materials. 558 Skrlj Skrlj. 571 V. Folga Folga. 576 V. Miller v. Miller. 579 Black Black. 580 V. Fredricks, "The Onwership Conundrum" . 584 Wolfson and Corbin, "Problems of Title and and Constructive Trusts". 586 Note: Proposed Amendments to the FLA587 ^ Note: Ontario Law Reform Commission 1993 Recommendations . 588 (ii) Implementation of the Equalization Payment Humphreys v. Humphreys. 589 Goodman, "Matrimonial Property", Family Law Bar Admission Course Materials. 595 (d) Selected Problems in Determining NFP (i) Valuation and Costs of Disposition Goodman, "Matrimonial Property", Family Law Bar Admission Course Materials. 599 Lawyer's Weekly, "Ontario ‘debtor-creditor’ family law benefits property-owning spouse" . 604 ^ Sengmueller v. Sengmueller. 606 (ii) Future Interests Brinkos v. Brinkos 610 Ill (iii) Educational Degrees, Professional Licenses and other forms of "Human Capital" Weitzman, "The New Property" in The Divorce Revolution. 616 Trebilcock and Keshvani, "A Law and Economics Perspective on the Role of Private Ordering in Family Law". 623 Dulude, Love, Marriage and Money . 630 Selick, "Pitfalls in Professional Degree Valuation" . 634 Corless v. Corless. 635 Caratun v. Caratun . 641 Keast V. Keast . 657 Linton v. Linton . 661 Chaulk V. Chaulk (Lawyer's Weekly). 670 New York Times, "Her Fame is Ruled His Too: Soprano Must Share Income" . 671 Globe and Mail, "Gastineau a loser in Court". 672 Note: Drummond v. Smith; Ormerod v. Ormerod. 673 (iv) Relevance of Constructive Trust Kelly V. Kelly . 674 Rawluk V. Rawluk . 676 Note: Applications of Constructive Trust under the FLA (Cox, Hapichuk, Mittler, Heon, McDonald) . 703 , Arndt v. Arndt. 706 _ Ontario Law Reform Commission 1993 Recommendations ... 712 (e) Departures from Equal Sharing (i) Unequal Contributions Farr v. Farr. 713 LeBlanc v. LeBlanc. 716 Toronto Star, "A New Day in a Hard Life". 721 Waters v. Waters . 722 Sullivan v. Sullivan . 726 Berdette v. Berdette . 728 Note: Peake; Mclnnis. 734 Wakelin v. Wakelin (Lawyer's Weekly). 735 (ii) Depletion of Assets: Conduct IV Scott Scott 736 V. . Note: Cowan . 738 ^ Merldinger v. Merklinger. 739 ^ Tamitegana v. Tamitegana {Lawyer's Weekly) . 741 (iii) Short Marriage: Pre-Marital Property Murphy v. Murphy. 743 Note: Jordan . 745 Futia Futia {Lawyer's Weekly). 746 V. (iv) Post-Separation Needs and Other Post-Separation Events Davies v. Davies. 747 Note: Skrlj; McCutcheon; Crane . 748 (v) Lump Sum Support as Alternative to Unequal Division of NFP Magee v. Magee. 749 MacBride v. MacBride {Lawyer's Weekly) . 751 Hines v. Hines. 752 ^ Note: Ontario Law Reform Commission 1993 Recommendations . . . 755 VI. THE MATRIMONIAL HOME A. Introduction (a) The Matrimonial Home as a Special Asset Hovius, "The Matrimonial Home" . 757 (b) History of Legal Rights in the Matrimonial Home Hovius, "Possessory Rights in the Matrimonial Home" . 758 V B. The Matrimonial Home Under the Family Law Act, 1986 (a) Overview of Part II of the FLA Wolfson and Corbin, "The Matrimonial Home Under the FLA". 761 Nurmi v. Nurmi. 766 (b) Orders for Exclusive Possession Bissett-Johnson and Holland, Matrimonial Property Law in Canada. 770 (i) Exclusive Possession or Sale at Trial? Weitzman, "Disposition of the Family Home" from The Divorce Revolution . 772 Rosenthal v. Rosenthal. Ill Cicero v. Cicero. 779 Note: Review of Case Law. 780 Note: Exclusive Possession on the Basis of Emotional Attachment to the Matrimonial Home . 781 Note: Alternatives to Exclusive Possession . 782 (ii) Interim or Temporary Exclusive Possession: Excluding a Spouse from the Matrimonial Home Pifer Pifer . 783 V. Serruys v. Serruys. 786 Hill Hill. 789 V. (c) Groups Precluded from Protection (i) Unmarried Cohabitants Orlando, "Exclusive Possession of the Family Home: The Plight of Battered Cohabitees". 795 Note: Czora v. Lonergan. 797 (ii) Native Women Note: Derrickson v. Derrickson, Paul v. Paul, and Wynn v. Wynn . 797 VI VII. SPOUSAL SUPPORT A. Historical Origins of Spousal Support Eekelaar and Maclean, Maintenance After Divorce . 798 B. Law Reform: Modem Spousal Support Law Eekelaar and Maclean, "The Evolution of Private Law Maintenance Obligations" . 800 LRCC, Maintenance on Divorce . 804 Davies, "The Changing Face of Spousal Support Law in Canada" . 806 Smart, The Ties that Bind. 811 Rogerson, "The Causal Connection Test" . 813 C. Spousal Support Under the Divorce Act, 1985 and the Family Law Act, 1986 (a) The Trilogy and the Causal Connection Test Messier v. Delage. 827 Note: The Supreme Court of Canada "Trilogy". 841 Pelech V. Pelech. 842 Richardson v. Richardson. 860 Rogerson, "The Causal Connection Test in Spousal Support Law" . . . 874 Note: The Causal Connection Test after the "Trilogy". 879 (b) The Self-Sufficiency Principle and Compensation for the Economic Consequences of the Marriage Dept, of Justice, Evaluation of the Divorce Act . 880 Rogerson, "Judicial Interpretation of the Spousal and Child Support Provisions of the Divorce Act, 1985". 882 ^ Karlovec v. Karlovec. 886 Seward v. Seward. 889 Bast Bast 891 V. . Note: The Demise of the Causal Connection Test. 892 Heinemann v. Heinemann . 894 Ormerod v. Ormerod . 900 Elliot Elliot 909 V. . Moge Moge 915 V. . Robinson v. Robinson . 939