The Supreme Court of Canada has released one of the most significant family law decisions in recent years. In Ahluwalia v Ahluwalia 2026 SCC 16, the Court formally recognized a new civil tort of intimate partner violence, creating a new legal avenue for survivors of intimate partner violence to seek damages.
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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