http://ablawg.ca/2008/02/11/a-fight-over-estate-jurisdiction/ Thu, 17 May 2012 17:28:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://ablawg.ca/2008/02/11/a-fight-over-estate-jurisdiction/#comment-162061 Jonnette Watson Hamilton Sun, 10 Jul 2011 18:02:20 +0000 http://ablawg.ca/2008/02/11/a-fight-over-estate-jurisdiction/#comment-162061 In January 2011, the Alberta Court of Appeal, in Foote v. Foote Estate, 2011 ABCA 1, found that the domicile of the former Alberta lawyer who built a global cleaning product empire and left the majority of his US$130-million estate to charity was Norfolk Island. The Alberta Court of Appeal had agreed with Justice Graesser's decision that, despite Foote’s wish to come back to Canada and the purchase of a BC. home, Foote had not abandoned the earlier Norfolk Island domicile at the time of his death. Foote’s wife and five children sought leave to appeal that decision to the Supreme Court of Canada, but that court denied the application on July 7, 2011. In January 2011, the Alberta Court of Appeal, in Foote v. Foote Estate, 2011 ABCA 1, found that the domicile of the former Alberta lawyer who built a global cleaning product empire and left the majority of his US$130-million estate to charity was Norfolk Island. The Alberta Court of Appeal had agreed with Justice Graesser’s decision that, despite Foote’s wish to come back to Canada and the purchase of a BC. home, Foote had not abandoned the earlier Norfolk Island domicile at the time of his death. Foote’s wife and five children sought leave to appeal that decision to the Supreme Court of Canada, but that court denied the application on July 7, 2011.

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