Abraham v. Gallo

JurisdictionOntario
CourtCourt of Appeal (Ontario)
JudgeLauwers,Roberts,Trotter
Citation2022 ONCA 874
Date15 December 2022
Docket NumberC70508

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15 practice notes
  • Chapter 7: Divorce: Jurisdiction; Judgments; Foreign Divorces; Grounds for Divorce; Bars
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Canadian Family Law (Tenth Edition)
    • April 14, 2025
    ...; subsequent proceeding Antonyuk v Antonyuk, 2022 ONCA 145 , leave to appeal to SCC denied 2022 CanLII 118492 (SCC); Abraham v Gallo, 2022 ONCA 874 at para 27; Sonia v 2024 ONCA 152 at paras 21–22. 85 Le Mesurier v Le Mesurier, [1895] AC 517; Kadri v Kadri, 2015 ONSC 321 . 86 Armitage v......
  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Canadian Family Law (Tenth Edition)
    • April 14, 2025
    ...[2009] OJ No 2066 (Sup Ct) 67 Abitbol v Abitbol, 2020 ONSC 4619 209, 617, 636, 650 Aboo v Mota, 2010 SKQB 368 601 Abraham v Gallo, 2022 ONCA 874 158, 159, 160 Abumatar v Hamda, 2021 ONSC 2165 410, 437 Abu-Saud v Abu-Saud, 2019 ONSC 6303 617 Abu-Saud v Abu-Saud, 2020 ONCA 314 541 Abu-Saud v ......
  • R.A.K. v. M.Z.
    • Canada
    • Ontario Court of Justice General Division (Canada)
    • October 26, 2023
    ...resident in Iran for at least one year preceding the commencement of the proceedings for the divorce. [222] In Abraham v. Gallo, 2022 ONCA 874, the court wrote the following at paragraph [15] Subsection 22(3) of the Divorce Act allows the court to recognize a foreign divorce based on the pr......
  • Vyazemskaya v. Safin
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Ontario)
    • February 28, 2024
    ...should not be recognized if it has been obtained through unfair forum-shopping tactics or for other improper reasons: Abraham v. Gallo, 2022 ONCA 874, 476 D.L.R. (4th) 592, at paras. 33-34; Orabi, at para. 17; R.N.S. v. K.S., 2013 BCCA 406, at para. [34] I have also considered Yan v. Xu, 20......
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  • R.A.K. v. M.Z.
    • Canada
    • Ontario Court of Justice General Division (Canada)
    • October 26, 2023
    ...resident in Iran for at least one year preceding the commencement of the proceedings for the divorce. [222] In Abraham v. Gallo, 2022 ONCA 874, the court wrote the following at paragraph [15] Subsection 22(3) of the Divorce Act allows the court to recognize a foreign divorce based on the pr......
  • Amerakoon v. Widyalankara
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • July 30, 2026
    ...standing in a case about the validity of a divorce between two other persons.   Similarly, the husband in Abraham v. Gallo, 2022 ONCA 874, who had remarried after a foreign divorce (like the situation here), argued that the Court should recognize foreign divorce in part because hi......
  • Vyazemskaya v. Safin
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Ontario)
    • February 28, 2024
    ...should not be recognized if it has been obtained through unfair forum-shopping tactics or for other improper reasons: Abraham v. Gallo, 2022 ONCA 874, 476 D.L.R. (4th) 592, at paras. 33-34; Orabi, at para. 17; R.N.S. v. K.S., 2013 BCCA 406, at para. [34] I have also considered Yan v. Xu, 20......
  • Nourjamaly v. Badkoobeh
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • October 9, 2025
    ...family residing in the foreign jurisdiction, or getting married in the foreign jurisdiction: Sonia, at para. 23; Abraham v. Gallo, 2022 ONCA 874, 476 D.L.R. (4th) 592, at paras. 27, 31-33. The initial burden falls on the party seeking to have the court recognize the foreign divorce. On......
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2 books & journal articles
  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Canadian Family Law (Tenth Edition)
    • April 14, 2025
    ...[2009] OJ No 2066 (Sup Ct) 67 Abitbol v Abitbol, 2020 ONSC 4619 209, 617, 636, 650 Aboo v Mota, 2010 SKQB 368 601 Abraham v Gallo, 2022 ONCA 874 158, 159, 160 Abumatar v Hamda, 2021 ONSC 2165 410, 437 Abu-Saud v Abu-Saud, 2019 ONSC 6303 617 Abu-Saud v Abu-Saud, 2020 ONCA 314 541 Abu-Saud v ......
  • Chapter 7: Divorce: Jurisdiction; Judgments; Foreign Divorces; Grounds for Divorce; Bars
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Canadian Family Law (Tenth Edition)
    • April 14, 2025
    ...; subsequent proceeding Antonyuk v Antonyuk, 2022 ONCA 145 , leave to appeal to SCC denied 2022 CanLII 118492 (SCC); Abraham v Gallo, 2022 ONCA 874 at para 27; Sonia v 2024 ONCA 152 at paras 21–22. 85 Le Mesurier v Le Mesurier, [1895] AC 517; Kadri v Kadri, 2015 ONSC 321 . 86 Armitage v......