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36628

E.L. v. G.B.

(Quebec) (Civil) (By Leave)

(Publication ban in case) (Publication ban on party) (Sealing order)

Docket

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List of proceedings
Date Proceeding Filed By
(if applicable)
2015-12-15 Close file on Leave
2015-12-11 Copy of formal judgment sent to Registrar of the Court of Appeal and all parties
2015-12-11 Judgment on leave sent to the parties
2015-12-10 Judgment of the Court on the application for leave to appeal, The application for leave to appeal from the judgment of the Court of Appeal of Quebec (Québec), Number 200-09-008250-141, 2015 QCCA 1112, dated June 25, 2015, is dismissed with costs.
Dismissed, with costs
2015-11-09 All materials on application for leave submitted to the Judges, Cro Wa Br
2015-11-02 Applicant's reply to respondent's argument, Completed on: 2015-11-02 E.L.
2015-10-23 Respondent's response on the application for leave to appeal, (Letter Form), Completed on: 2015-10-23 G.B.
2015-09-24 Letter acknowledging receipt of a complete application for leave to appeal, File opened on 2015-09-24
2015-09-24 Certificate (on limitations to public access) E.L.
2015-09-24 Application for leave to appeal, (3 volumes), Volume 2 is sealed (2 redacted copies filed) Service missing - Rec'd on 2015-10-19, Completed on: 2015-10-19 E.L.

Parties

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Main parties

Main parties - Appellants
Name Role Status
E.L. Applicant Active

v.

Main parties - Respondents
Name Role Status
G.B. Respondent Active

Counsel

Party: E.L.

Counsel
Miriam Grassby
Sylvie Leduc
Miriam Grassby & Associés
1350 Sherbrooke Street West
Suite 200
Montréal, Quebec
H3G 1J1
Telephone: (514) 844-1550 Ext: 1
FAX: (514) 844-5826
Email: mgrassby@grassbyassocies.com

Party: G.B.

Counsel
Jocelyn Verdon
Mireille Pélissier-Simard
Garneau, Verdon, Michaud, Samson
67, rue Ste-Ursule
Québec, Quebec
G1R 4E7
Telephone: (418) 692-3010
FAX: (418) 692-1742
Email: jocelyn.verdon@gvms.ca

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(PUBLICATION BAN IN CASE) (PUBLICATION BAN ON PARTIES) (SEALED)

Family law – Divorce – Annulment of marriage contract – Matrimonial regime – Whether courts below erred in refusing to annul parties’ marriage contract in order to change matrimonial regime from separation as to property to partnership of acquests.

Following the parties’ divorce, E.L. sought to have the marriage contract establishing the matrimonial regime of separation as to property annulled on the basis that no independent legal counsel had acted in the case to explain the consequences of the chosen matrimonial regime.

Lower court rulings

January 14, 2014
Superior Court of Quebec

200-12-077299-080

Divorce granted; annulment of marriage contract denied, partition of family patrimony established on basis of regime of separation as to property.

June 25, 2015
Court of Appeal of Quebec (Québec)

200-09-008250-141, 2015 QCCA 1112

Appeal dismissed; spousal support.

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Date modified: 2025-02-27