{"id":20033,"date":"2020-11-06T10:59:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-06T15:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/?post_type=case_summary&#038;p=20033"},"modified":"2021-09-10T14:16:17","modified_gmt":"2021-09-10T18:16:17","slug":"jackson-estate-c-young","status":"publish","type":"case_summary","link":"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/fr\/case_summary\/jackson-estate-c-young\/","title":{"rendered":"Jackson Estate c. Young (2020)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Cette affaire concerne la question de savoir si un conjoint de fait a droit ou non \u00e0 une partie de la succession de son conjoint lorsque celui-ci d\u00e9c\u00e8de sans testament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Le FAEJ a \u00e9t\u00e9 autoris\u00e9e \u00e0 intervenir devant la Cour d\u2019appel de la Nouvelle-\u00c9cosse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">FAITS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Judith Jackson est d\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9e intestat (sans testament) en ao\u00fbt 2017. Au moment de son d\u00e9c\u00e8s, Mme Jackson vivait avec Bill Young, son conjoint de fait depuis plus d\u2019une d\u00e9cennie. Mme Jackson \u00e9tait la seule propri\u00e9taire de la propri\u00e9t\u00e9 o\u00f9 r\u00e9sidait le couple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Les deux filles adultes de Mme Jackson sont devenues administratrices de la succession de leur m\u00e8re et ont entam\u00e9 des proc\u00e9dures pour retirer M. Young de la propri\u00e9t\u00e9. M. Young a ensuite cherch\u00e9 \u00e0 h\u00e9riter des biens de Mme Jackson en tant que \u00ab conjoint \u00bb en vertu du par. 4 de l\u2019Intestate Succession Act de la Nouvelle-\u00c9cosse (la \u00ab ISA \u00bb). Il a \u00e9galement soutenu que l\u2019exclusion des conjoints de fait de l\u2019ISA viole ses droits \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9galit\u00e9 garantis par l\u2019art&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/canadian-heritage\/services\/how-rights-protected\/guide-canadian-charter-rights-freedoms.html#a2f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">15<\/a>&nbsp;de la&nbsp;<em>Chartre<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Le juge du proc\u00e8s a rejet\u00e9 les demandes de M. Young. Il a conclu que les conjoints de fait sont exclus de l\u2019h\u00e9ritage en vertu de la ISA. Il a estim\u00e9 que cette exclusion enfreignait l\u2019art&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/canadian-heritage\/services\/how-rights-protected\/guide-canadian-charter-rights-freedoms.html#a2f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">15<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;de la&nbsp;<em>Chartre<\/em>, mais que l\u2019infraction est justifi\u00e9e en vertu de l\u2019art.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/canadian-heritage\/services\/how-rights-protected\/guide-canadian-charter-rights-freedoms.html#a2a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1<\/a>, qui sert \u00e0 justifier une limitation du droit d\u2019une personne garanti par la Charte. Le juge a conclu que l\u2019impact significatif sur les droits \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9galit\u00e9 des conjoints non mari\u00e9s \u00e9tait proportionn\u00e9 \u00e0 l\u2019objectif de la loi, qui, selon lui, \u00e9tait de pr\u00e9server le choix et l\u2019autonomie individuelle dans la mani\u00e8re dont les couples conduisent leurs affaires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">ARGUMENTATION<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Le FAEJ proposera \u00e0 la Cour une analyse contextuelle et genr\u00e9e sous l\u2019art&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/canadian-heritage\/services\/how-rights-protected\/guide-canadian-charter-rights-freedoms.html#a2a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1<\/a>&nbsp;de la&nbsp;<em>Chartre<\/em>&nbsp;en mettant en \u00e9vidence l\u2019implication sexosp\u00e9cifique de la limitation de l\u2019application de l\u2019ISA aux seuls conjoints mari\u00e9s. La fr\u00e9quence des conjoints de fait augmente et la situation o\u00f9 les gens meurent sans testament touche plus les groupes traditionnellement marginalis\u00e9s ou en qu\u00eate d\u2019\u00e9galit\u00e9, y compris les personnes \u00e0 faible revenu et racialis\u00e9es. L\u2019incapacit\u00e9 des femmes d\u2019acc\u00e9der au soutien et aux biens de la famille au d\u00e9c\u00e8s d\u2019un conjoint contribue \u00e0 la f\u00e9minisation de la pauvret\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>L\u2019histoire et le texte de l\u2019ISA sugg\u00e8rent que les l\u00e9gislateurs ne consid\u00e9raient pas historiquement les unions de fait comme des structures familiales l\u00e9gitimes. Le FAEJ soutiendra que la justification de la limitation de l\u2019ISA aux conjoints mari\u00e9s est enracin\u00e9e dans des st\u00e9r\u00e9otypes et des pr\u00e9jug\u00e9s et ne peut \u00eatre justifi\u00e9e suite \u00e0 une analyse de l\u2019art.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/canadian-heritage\/services\/how-rights-protected\/guide-canadian-charter-rights-freedoms.html#a2a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>De plus, le FAEJ soutiendra que le juge du proc\u00e8s s\u2019est fond\u00e9 \u00e0 tort sur l\u2019 analyse de l\u2019art.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/canadian-heritage\/services\/how-rights-protected\/guide-canadian-charter-rights-freedoms.html#a2a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1<\/a>&nbsp;dans<em>&nbsp;Qu\u00e9bec c. A.,<\/em>&nbsp;une d\u00e9cision de la Cour supr\u00eame du Canada. Parce que cette affaire d\u00e9coule d\u2019un contexte unique au sein du Code civil du Qu\u00e9bec, l\u2019analyse de la Cour supr\u00eame ne peut \u00eatre transplant\u00e9e dans l\u2019affaire actuelle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">R\u00c9SULTATS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Le 17 novembre 2020, Bill Young a arr\u00eat\u00e9 cette affaire \u00e0 cause d&rsquo;un manque de fonds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Le FAEJ remercie Kelly McMillan et Nasha Nijhawan, avocates dans cette affaire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Les interventions du FAEJ sont toutes guid\u00e9es, \u00e9clair\u00e9es et soutenues par un comit\u00e9 de cas compos\u00e9 d\u2019universitaires et de praticiens ayant une expertise dans les questions pertinentes. Les membres du comit\u00e9 de cas pour cette intervention \u00e9taient (par ordre alphab\u00e9tique): Clare Burns, Jodi Lazare, Robert Leckey et Martha McCarthy. FAEJ remercie chaleureusement leurs contributions \u00e0 la demande de cong\u00e9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20033","case_summary","type-case_summary","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Jackson Estate c. Young (2020) - LEAF<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/fr\/case_summary\/jackson-estate-c-young\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jackson Estate c. 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