The respondent brought a motion to stay an application for dependent's support under the Succession Law Reform Act, arguing that the Ontario Superior Court lacks jurisdiction.
The applicants sought support from the estate of a deceased individual who was domiciled in Costa Rica at the time of death.
The court found that the deceased had established Costa Rica as his permanent domicile and that the presumptive connecting factors (existence of personal property and insurance trusts in Ontario) were insufficient to establish a real and substantial connection between the dispute and Ontario.
The application was permanently stayed for lack of jurisdiction.
