How have the courts interpreted the Deserted Wives’s Maintenance Act?
Saskatchewan, Canada
The following excerpt is from Bouveur v. Bouveur, 1941 CanLII 197 (SK QB):
On these facts the defendant contends that by taking proceedings and obtaining an order under The Deserted Wives’ Maintenance Act the plaintiff made her election of a remedy and is now precluded from seeking any remedy under the separation agreement. In support of his argument the defendant relies on Stevens v. Stevens [1940] O.W.N. 249.
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