Supreme Court

Decision Information

Williams v Williams

Court Supreme Court
Date 1990-11-15
Other citations [1991] NWTR 53
File numbers 6101-01937
Judge(s) de Weerdt
Location Yellowknife
Cases and statutes considered Cases considered:
Rushton v. Rushton (1968), 2 D.L.R. (3d) 25
Eamer v. Eamer (1971), 21 D.L.R. (3d) 18
Ginter v. Ginter (1988), 15 R.F.L. (3d) 203 (Sask. Q.B.)
Hewitt v. Hewitt, [1970] 3 O.R. 790 (H.C.)
Lachman v. Lachman, [1970] 3 O.R. 29 (C.A.)
Galbraith v. Galbraith (1969), 5 D.L.R. (3d) 543 (Man. C.A.)
Dupere v. Dupere (1974), 10 N.B.R. (2d) 148 (C.A.)
McKenna v. McKenna (1974), 10 N.B.R. (2d) 268 (C.A.)
Burt v. Burt (1972), 7 N.S.R. (2d) 321 (S.C.)
Newman v. Newman (1970), 2 R.F.L. 219 (Ont. C.A.)
Cooper v. Cooper (1972), 10 R.F.L. 184 (Ont. H.C.)
Kobayashi v. Kobayashi, [1972] 3 W.W.R. 221 (Man. Q.B.)
Deslippe v. Deslipee, [1974] 4 O.R. (2d) 35
Geransky v. Geransky (1980), 16 R.F.L. 193 (Sask.Q.B.)

Statutes considered:
Divorce Act, R.S.C., 1985, c. 3 (2nd Supp.), s. 8
Decision information:

Abstract: Application to strike out a divorce petition for non-compliance with section 8 (2)(a) of the Divorce Act - Respondent contends that parties were not living separate and apart on the date on which the petition was issued.
Decision: Application granted - Parties not living separate and apart as contemplated in the Divorce Act.
Subjects: Family law - Divorce - Grounds
Keywords: Divorce - non-compliance - living separate and apart

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