Sentences with phrase «unpaid equalization»

In a case called Syrette v. Syrette, the wife took a position that is worth noting: in the face of her former husband's newly - declared bankruptcy, she asked the court to allow her to pursue her unpaid equalization claim against his pension assets.

From a legal standpoint, the motion judge's ruling effectively circumvented the distinction in law between the types of award: Unpaid equalization payments got swept into the husband's bankruptcy and evaporated once he was discharged, while spousal support obligations did not.

Note that this outcome pertains to unpaid equalization payments only, which readers will know is the amount that spouses must pay to each other in order to equalize their respective Net Family Property as part of their division of assets.

With respect to (4) and (5), the ONCA set aside the motion judge's lump sum spousal support order, without prejudice to the mother's right to bring another motion for lump sum support, noting that the motions judge's analysis on this issue was lacking and that his approach supported the conclusion that the underlying purpose of his lump sum spousal support award was merely to convert the mother's unpaid equalization payment into lump sum spousal support following the father's bankruptcy.