Summary

Keywords

Family law — Divorce — Corollary relief — Appeal — Motion to dismiss appeal — No reasonable chance of success — Whether Quebec Court of Appeal erred in law in finding that applicant’s applications to appeal had no chance of success — Whether Quebec Court of Appeal erred in interpreting and applying art. 365 of Quebec’s Code of Civil Procedure.

Summary

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In a first judgment, the Superior Court granted the parties a divorce and ruled on parenting time arrangements and decision-making responsibilities, as corollary relief. In a second judgment, the court ruled on patrimony and support issues. The applicant filed a notice of appeal against the two judgments, and the respondent sought to have the appeals dismissed. In both cases, the Court of Appeal granted the motion to dismiss, finding that the proposed appeal had no reasonable chance of success.

Lower Court Rulings