The Court of Appeal affirmed1 the Alberta Court of
King's Bench (the "Court") decision
in Duhn Estate, 2021 ABQB 35 ("Duhn
Estate"), which dismissed an application for further
documentary production of accounting information for four years
prior to Alice Jean Duhn's (the
"Testator") death.
Facts:
The Testator had seven children and lived on a successful farm
with her late husband, Robert Larsen Duhn. The family farm was sold
in 2009 and several million were transferred to the Testator, her
late husband, and two of the children who had had interests. When
Robert Duhn died in 2014, he left his whole estate to the Testator.
Over the next four years, the Testator spent several million on her
children and grandchildren. By the time of her death, her estate
was worth approximately $4.5 M (several million less than it had
been in 2014).
