Grange & Grange

In *Grange & Grange*, the applicant husband sought spousal maintenance from the respondent wife. The application was heard by Howard J.

The primary legal issues before the court were whether the applicant husband had proven that he was unable to support himself adequately and whether the respondent wife was reasonably able to maintain the husband.

Howard J dismissed the husband's application for spousal maintenance. The court noted that there was no property available for a property settlement order under section 79 of the Act, as the parties, after approximately 30 years of marriage, had no property. The court observed that the parties had gifted their only asset, a Sales Permit valued at approximately $1 million, to the husband's mother. Applying section 74(1) of the Act, the court concluded that it was not proper to make any order for maintenance in these circumstances.