April 20, 2026 – Section 40 of the FLA and Preservation Orders

“Pursuant to section 40 of the Family Law Act, the court may make a preservation order to preserve or restrain the depletion of a party’s property in order to protect the other party’s entitlement to support.  The court must consider whether there is a real risk that a party’s claim for support could be defeated if a preservation/non-dissipation order is to made: Ross v. Reaney, 2003 CarswellOnt 2240, at para. 25; Fraser v. Fraser, 2017 ONSC 3774 at para 58; Cummings v. Cummings, 2020 ONSC 3093 at paras 77-84; Bronfman v. Bronfman, 2000 CanLII 22710 (Ont. Sup. Ct.), at paras. 22, 28.”

          McArthur v. Le, 2022 ONSC 2110 (CanLII) at 95

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