The applicant, a 64-year-old man with significant health issues, brought a motion for temporary dependant's support from his late father's estate.
The respondent, the applicant's mother and sole beneficiary, had distributed the entire estate to herself without applying for probate.
The court found credible evidence that the applicant was a dependant and ordered the respondent to pay $5,000 per month in temporary support plus a $5,000 lump sum.
The court also held that the limitation period for the claim had not expired because it only begins to run upon a grant of probate, which had never been obtained.
