Saintclaire and Saintclaire

In *Saintclaire and Saintclaire*, Watts J considered applications by both the husband and wife concerning property settlement and spousal maintenance. The husband sought to dismiss the wife's applications, while the wife sought various orders including property division, spousal maintenance, and enforcement of existing orders.

The primary legal issues before the court were the appropriate division of property, the continuation and enforcement of spousal maintenance obligations, and the resolution of a contravention application. The court also had to determine the impact of an ongoing appeal by the husband against separate orders made by Justice Ryan.

Watts J dismissed the husband's application and most of the wife's applications. However, the court stood over one of the wife's applications relating to property division pending the outcome of the husband's appeal. A contravention application by the wife was dismissed by consent, with the wife permitted to make an oral application for enforcement of spousal maintenance. The court ordered the husband to pay arrears of spousal maintenance and any additional arrears that accumulated since the hearing, with a mechanism for enforcement if payment was not made. Costs were reserved for both parties.