The applicant wife sought spousal support, a declaration that her deceased father-in-law's house was a matrimonial home, and a quantum meruit claim against his estate for caregiving services.
The court found the house was not a matrimonial home because the parties separated before the husband inherited it.
The quantum meruit claim was dismissed because the wife had secretly used the father-in-law's funds to support a severe gambling addiction, which more than compensated her.
Spousal support was ordered to continue for two years to allow the wife, who suffered from PTSD after a workplace robbery, to seek full-time employment.
The husband was found in contempt for failing to notify the wife's solicitor of a property sale and fined $2,500.
