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Dependant widow awarded $430,000 lump sum support from deceased husband's life insurance policy proceeds.
The applicant and the respondent separated in 2006.
The respondent died in 2010 before the trial concluded.
The applicant converted her family law claims into a dependant's relief claim under the Succession Law Reform Act.
The estate was insolvent, but the respondent had a $1 million life insurance policy naming his daughters as beneficiaries.
The court found the applicant was a dependant entitled to adequate provision and awarded her a lump sum of $430,000 from the life insurance proceeds, after accounting for equalization, child support, and occupation rent.
The balance of the policy proceeds was ordered to be paid to the daughters.
