When Support Doesn’t End at Death: How Family Law can become Estate Litigation in Ontario
People often assume that when someone dies, their financial obligations die with them.
In Ontario, that is not always true. If someone was paying (or, was supposed to be paying) spousal support or child support before they died, those obligations can continue. The dispute just shifts from family court to estate litigation. These situations mainly arise after separation in blended families where support was never fully resolved before death.
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